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Atul A. Gawande
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 284
Citations - 38699
Atul A. Gawande is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Checklist. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 281 publications receiving 33928 citations. Previous affiliations of Atul A. Gawande include University of Maryland, Baltimore & Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
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Variation in the cost of 5 common operations in the United States
Elliot Wakeam,George Molina,Neel Shah,Stuart R. Lipsitz,David C. Chang,Atul A. Gawande,Alex B. Haynes +6 more
TL;DR: There is wide cost variation for common operative procedures in the United States, and high‐cost hospitals may need to focus on cost reduction at the hospital level to reduce cost across service lines.
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Differential Growth Rates of Benign vs. Malignant Thyroid Nodules.
Trevor E. Angell,Chirag M. Vyas,Marco Medici,Zhihong Wang,Zhihong Wang,Justine A. Barletta,Carol B. Benson,Edmund S. Cibas,Nancy L. Cho,Gerard M. Doherty,Peter M. Doubilet,Mary C. Frates,Atul A. Gawande,Howard T. Heller,Matthew I. Kim,Jeffrey F. Krane,Ellen Marqusee,Francis D. Moore,Matthew A. Nehs,Ann Marie Zavacki,P. Reed Larsen,Erik K. Alexander +21 more
TL;DR: As growth >2 mm/y predicts malignant compared with benign disease, this clinical parameter can contribute to the assessment of thyroid cancer risk.
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Patterns in neurosurgical adverse events: endovascular neurosurgery
Judith M. Wong,John E. Ziewacz,Jaykar R. Panchmatia,Angela M. Bader,Aditya S. Pandey,B. Gregory Thompson,Kai U. Frerichs,Atul A. Gawande,Atul A. Gawande +8 more
TL;DR: Thromboembolic events appeared to be the most common adverse events in endovascular neurosurgery, with a reported incidence ranging from 2% to 61% depending on aneurysm rupture status and mode of detection of the event.
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Lag time in an incident reporting system at a university hospital in Japan
Masahiro Hirose,Scott E. Regenbogen,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Yuichi Imanaka,Tatsuro Ishizaki,Miho Sekimoto,Eun Hwan Oh,Atul A. Gawande +7 more
TL;DR: Physicians report fewer incidents than nurses and take longer to report them, and quantitative evaluation of lag time may facilitate improvements in incident reporting systems by distinguishing institutional obstacles to physician reporting from physicians’ lesser willingness to report.
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Multisource Evaluation of Surgeon Behavior Is Associated With Malpractice Claims.
Janaka Lagoo,William R. Berry,Kate Miller,Brandon J. Neal,Luke Sato,Keith D. Lillemoe,Gerard M. Doherty,James R. Kasser,Elliot L. Chaikof,Atul A. Gawande,Alex B. Haynes +10 more
TL;DR: Although the nature of malpractice claims is complex and multifactorial, the identification and modification of negative physician behaviors may mitigate malpractice risk and ultimately result in the improved quality of patient care.