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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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Postgame Analysis: Using Video-Based Coaching for Continuous Professional Development
Yue Yung Hu,Sarah E. Peyre,Alexander F. Arriaga,Robert T. Osteen,Katherine A. Corso,Thomas G. Weiser,Richard Swanson,Stanley W. Ashley,Chandrajit P. Raut,Michael J. Zinner,Atul A. Gawande,Caprice C. Greenberg,Caprice C. Greenberg +12 more
TL;DR: Video-based coaching is an educational modality that targets intraoperative judgment, technique, and teaching that may provide a practical, much needed approach for continuous professional development in surgeons of all levels.
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Patterns of technical error among surgical malpractice claims: an analysis of strategies to prevent injury to surgical patients.
Scott E. Regenbogen,Caprice C. Greenberg,David M. Studdert,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Michael J. Zinner,Atul A. Gawande +5 more
TL;DR: Most technical errors occur in routine operations with experienced surgeons, under conditions of increased patient complexity or systems failure, and are likely to address only a minority of technical errors.
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Contribution of Preventable Acute Care Spending to Total Spending for High-Cost Medicare Patients
TL;DR: Among a sample of patients in the top decile of Medicare spending in 2010, only a small percentage of costs appeared to be related to preventable emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and the ability to lower costs for these patients through better outpatient care may be limited.
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Evaluating an Intervention to Improve Communication Between Oncology Clinicians and Patients With Life-Limiting Cancer: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial of the Serious Illness Care Program.
Joanna Paladino,Joanna Paladino,Rachelle Bernacki,Bridget A. Neville,Jane Kavanagh,Stephen P. Miranda,Stephen P. Miranda,Stephen P. Miranda,Marissa Palmor,Joshua R Lakin,Joshua R Lakin,Meghna Desai,Daniela Lamas,Daniela Lamas,Justin J. Sanders,Jonathon Gass,Natalie Henrich,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Erik K. Fromme,Atul A. Gawande,Susan D. Block +20 more
TL;DR: This cluster randomized clinical trial in outpatient oncology was conducted at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and included physicians, advanced-practice clinicians, and patients with cancer who were at high risk of death to demonstrate improvement in all 4 of these outcomes.
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TL;DR: It is argued that the student’s injuries may not have been survivable, but the police couldn’t have known that.