Cross Post – In defense of variation: A neurosurgeon takes on Atul Gawande
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other publications when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on KevinMD.com and is authored by Ahilan Sivaganesan, MD, a neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Sivaganesan’s op-ed takes on […]
Patients Are Not a Piece of Cheesecake
Today we wanted to share an essay from Atul Gawande, MD. In this piece, published last month in the New Yorker, he posits that medicine could learn from big chains, like the Cheesecake Factory, to improve the delivery of quality, cost effective care. There are some provocative thoughts in the essay and perhaps lessons to be […]