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- Atul Gawande And Charles Munger On Why More Health Care Isn't Better
Link to article: Atul Gawande And Charles Munger On Why More Health Care Isn't Better American health care is obsessed with more. But the industry is beginning to realize that more isn’t always what’s best for patients. Dr. Atul Gawande,...
- How I Learnt The Power Of Checklists – By John Kay
Found via Abnormal Returns. Mr Gawande discovered that the good checklist is short but not too short. If the list is long, none of the items on it are taken very seriously. You can easily persuade people to agree to things when you ask them to mechanically...
- Dr. Atul Gawande On Health Care & The Age Of Reform
Via Farnam Street.Renowned surgeon, writer (Better, Complications, and The Checklist Manifesto), and medial thinker Dr. Atul Gawande interviews with WPUR's On Point. In this wide ranging interview, Dr. Gawande covers healthcare reform, measuring the...
- Buffett’s Lunch Date, Surgeons Improve Results With Checklists
The first checklists in aviation went into use four generations ago, but their potential to prevent errors and save lives is only now beginning to be appreciated among other professions, such as finance. Gawande tells the story of Mohnish Pabrai, an investment...
- Malcolm Gladwell Reviews Atul Gawande's Latest Book: The Checklist Manifesto
I can't wait to read this book! As Charlie Munger says: "Checklist routines avoid a lot of errors. You should have all this elementary [worldly] wisdom and then you should go through a mental checklist in order to use it. There is no other procedure...
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Bill Gates: Can a Simple, Safe Childbirth Checklist Save Lives in Developing Countries?
I had the privilege recently of meeting Atul Gawande, a brilliant physician who’s using an amazingly simple concept—checklists for medical practitioners—to save lives and reduce health care costs. With support from our foundation, Gawande is investigating whether a safe childbirth checklist can increase the survival rate of mothers and newborns during childbirth in India and other developing countries.
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Related book: The Checklist Manifesto
Related previous posts:
TED Talk - Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
Atul Gawande’s Harvard Commencement Speech: Cowboys and Pit Crews
THE CHECKLIST - by Atul Gawande
A Lifesaving Checklist - By Atul Gawande
- Atul Gawande And Charles Munger On Why More Health Care Isn't Better
Link to article: Atul Gawande And Charles Munger On Why More Health Care Isn't Better American health care is obsessed with more. But the industry is beginning to realize that more isn’t always what’s best for patients. Dr. Atul Gawande,...
- How I Learnt The Power Of Checklists – By John Kay
Found via Abnormal Returns. Mr Gawande discovered that the good checklist is short but not too short. If the list is long, none of the items on it are taken very seriously. You can easily persuade people to agree to things when you ask them to mechanically...
- Dr. Atul Gawande On Health Care & The Age Of Reform
Via Farnam Street.Renowned surgeon, writer (Better, Complications, and The Checklist Manifesto), and medial thinker Dr. Atul Gawande interviews with WPUR's On Point. In this wide ranging interview, Dr. Gawande covers healthcare reform, measuring the...
- Buffett’s Lunch Date, Surgeons Improve Results With Checklists
The first checklists in aviation went into use four generations ago, but their potential to prevent errors and save lives is only now beginning to be appreciated among other professions, such as finance. Gawande tells the story of Mohnish Pabrai, an investment...
- Malcolm Gladwell Reviews Atul Gawande's Latest Book: The Checklist Manifesto
I can't wait to read this book! As Charlie Munger says: "Checklist routines avoid a lot of errors. You should have all this elementary [worldly] wisdom and then you should go through a mental checklist in order to use it. There is no other procedure...