The Psychology Behind Antibiotic Misuse
None of us wants to live in a world without access to lifesaving antibiotics. No patient should be subject to an allergic reaction or organ… Read More »The Psychology Behind Antibiotic Misuse
Peter Pronovost
One of the world’s leading authorities on patient safety, Peter Pronovost served a the director of the Armstrong Institute, as well as senior vice president for patient safety and quality, at Johns Hopkins Medicine from 2011 until January 2018.
Blockbuster Data: How Reporting Surgical Volumes Could Save Lives
If there was a wonder drug to save the lives of infants with serious heart abnormalities, doctors would be sure to prescribe it. Parents would… Read More »Blockbuster Data: How Reporting Surgical Volumes Could Save Lives
A Clear-Eyed Approach to Reducing Costly Health Care Regulations
Johns Hopkins ophthalmologist Oliver Schein has found a simple way to save a half a billion dollars a year from our country's health-care bill, with… Read More »A Clear-Eyed Approach to Reducing Costly Health Care Regulations
Hospitals Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Safety
The moment that an accreditation team shows up unannounced can spike the pulse of even the most seasoned hospital executive. The next several days will… Read More »Hospitals Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Safety
Why Surgical Volumes Should Be Public
Her voice cracked with strain. I could imagine the woman at the other end of the line shaking, overcome with remorse about the hospital where… Read More »Why Surgical Volumes Should Be Public
How We Can Engineer a Less Costly Health Care System
If we want to rein in the costs of the U.S. health-care system — now equal to nearly 18 percent of the nation's gross domestic… Read More »How We Can Engineer a Less Costly Health Care System
More Science, Less Sausage-Making Needed for Hospital Quality Measures
If you understand statistics and possess the intestinal fortitude to examine a ranking methodology, you will recognize that it involves ingredients that have to be… Read More »More Science, Less Sausage-Making Needed for Hospital Quality Measures
Reinventing the Physical Exam
In the technology-thick landscape of modern health care, the physical exam remains in a backwoods. Sure, there have been advances — blood-pressure cuffs, for example,… Read More »Reinventing the Physical Exam
What Teenage Patients — and Their Parents — Want from Their Care Team
For anyone with a serious medical condition, frequent hospitalizations and clinic visits can have a profoundly disruptive impact. Yet adolescent and teenage patients have a… Read More »What Teenage Patients — and Their Parents — Want from Their Care Team
The Risks of the 15-Minute Doctor’s Appointment
How would you react if you sent your sputtering car to the auto mechanic, and they stopped trying to diagnose the problem after 15 minutes?… Read More »The Risks of the 15-Minute Doctor’s Appointment