Brian Goldman, an Emergency Medicine physician in Toronto, discusses mistakes in medicine including the causes (e.g. cognitive bias) and the culture of denial that prevents us from openly and honestly discussing and, therefore, reducing the risk of mistakes. He mentions the VA in the 200+ comments below the talk on the TED website: "The VA has pioneered the widespread use of decision support - including comprehensive use of clinical practice guidelines - to get MDs to consolidate their practice patterns around evidence-based approaches. The result is that VA hospitals are treating patients better and at lower cost." Link for iDevices: Brian Goldman TED.com
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