@Atul_Gawande you lost me with 2nd stat. So 17% had lower mortality despite not using best practices?
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@rfjohnson77 Ok, lemme clarify. Of 600 cardiac units, less than 20% standardized best practices, but those ones had 17% lower death rate. - 1 more reply
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@Atul_Gawande standardization of health processes works: now how to persuade medics it isn’t a cottage industry any more?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande It's time medical practice comes out of the dark ages and adopts efficiency as its gold standardThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande It was only 0.17% reduction. Big difference.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande The power of the#lean methodology and learning best practice management and culture from Toyota and others.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande: study of 600 US cardiac units: if standardised best practices, units had 17% lower death rates http://bit.ly/WPPgEW "Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande We (docs, hospitals) claim "systems".But systems are explicit.Most medicine has been implicit. Brave new world ahead.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande less than 20% < standardised and had lower mortality rates, doesn't that mean standardisation is 'not' the right thing to do?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Problem: Does not consider hospital catchment Area the Cohort of Patients & their Co-Morbidities.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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