Rethinking the System: Atul Gawande's HMS commencement address
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| JR Hildebrand and his pit crew |
"A structure that prioritizes the independence of all those specialists will have enormous difficulty achieving great care...We don’t have to look far for evidence. Two million patients pick up infections in American hospitals, most because someone didn’t follow basic antiseptic precautions."
You can read the full speech in the New Yorker (here)
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