From the start of the patient safety movement, the field of commercial aviation has been our true north, and rightly so. God willing, 2011 will go down tomorrow as yet another year in which none of the 10 million trips flown by US commercial airlines ended in a fatal crash. In the galaxy of so-called [...]
Archive | December, 2011
The Crash of Air France 447: Lessons for Patient Safety
by Bob Wachter on December 31, 2011 in Patient Safety/Medical Errors
Saying “No” While Being NICE
by Bob Wachter on December 20, 2011 in Industry/Pharma, International Comparisons, Medical Ethics, United Kingdom Healthcare System
A wise man once quipped that saying that we may need to ration healthcare is like saying that we may need to respect the laws of gravity. In other words, when societies have more healthcare needs and wants than resources (and all societies do), rationing is inevitable. The question of how to ration used to [...]
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The Dangers of Curbside Consults… and Why We Need Them
April 29, 2013
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When I Was In the Final Four
April 5, 2013
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Measuring the Quality of Doctors and Hospitals: When Is Good Enough, Good Enough?
April 1, 2013
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HIT Job: How the New York Times Blew it on Healthcare IT
February 26, 2013
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