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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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Effect of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) on Malignancy Rates in Thyroid Nodules: How to Counsel Patients on Extent of Surgery.
Brenessa Lindeman,Matthew A. Nehs,Trevor E. Angell,Erik K. Alexander,Atul A. Gawande,Francis D. Moore,Gerard M. Doherty,Nancy L. Cho +7 more
TL;DR: The NIFTP nomenclature change led to an overall decrease in the malignancy rate at this institution, especially for Bethesda III–V categories.
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Simulation-Based Trial of Surgical-Crisis Checklists
Alexander F. Arriaga,Angela M. Bader,Judith M. Wong,Stuart R. Lipsitz,William R. Berry,John E. Ziewacz,David L. Hepner,Daniel J. Boorman,Charles N. Pozner,Douglas S. Smink,Atul A. Gawande +10 more
TL;DR: From the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health (A.F.A.A., A.M.B., J.E.R.G.), Brigham and Women’s Hospital — all in Boston; the University of Michigan Health Systems, Department of Neurosurgery, Ann Arbor ( J.J.L.H), and Boeing Aircraft, Seattle (D.N.S.S).
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Implementation and results of an integrated data quality assurance protocol in a randomized controlled trial in Uttar Pradesh, India
Jonathon Gass,Anamika Misra,Mahendra Nath Singh Yadav,Fatima Sana,Chetna Singh,Anup Mankar,Brandon J. Neal,Jennifer Fisher-Bowman,Jenny J Maisonneuve,Megan Marx Delaney,Krishan Kumar,Vinay Pratap Singh,Narender Sharma,Atul A. Gawande,Katherine Semrau,Lisa R. Hirschhorn +15 more
TL;DR: An integrated DQA system, combining auditing, rapid data feedback, and supportive supervision, which ensured high-quality data and could serve as a model for future health systems research trials is developed.
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Hellhole: the United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture?
TL;DR: The last ten years have seen a radical shift in public opinion about the use of solitary confinement; in 2015, Justices Breyer and Kennedy suggested that conditions in solitary might violate the 8th Amendment.