Re: I no advice, there..
>>> "There's no Consumer Reports..."
There may be in the future. Some sites are dabbling in this type of thing: http://www.ratemds.com/ http://www.vitals.co...rk%2C+il&x=64&y=8 http://www.healthgrades.com/ I expect this type of data to evolve over time, things cannot stay like they are now. (Can they?) |
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Sure they can stay this way
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Studies show most in-hospital medical complications -- including nearly all infections -- are entirely preventable through standard procedures. One doc instituted a checklist (set of lists, actually, one each for various situations/procedures) that he's been advocating for over a decade. http://www.newyorker...e?currentPage=all Pronovost and his colleagues monitored what happened for a year afterward. The results were so dramatic that they werenÂt sure whether to believe them: the ten-day line-infection rate went from eleven per cent to zero. So they followed patients for fifteen more months. Only two line infections occurred during the entire period. They calculated that, in this one hospital, the checklist had prevented forty-three infections and eight deaths, and saved two million dollars in costs. Every hospital that implements the checklist cuts complications by two thirds and infections by more than that. Doctors hate the lists. They don't want to be told what to do. Some physicians were offended by the suggestion that they needed checklists. Others had legitimate doubts about PronovostÂs evidence. Here's the funny thing: In the Keystone InitiativeÂs first eighteen months, the hospitals saved an estimated hundred and seventy-five million dollars in costs and more than fifteen hundred lives. The successes have been sustained for almost four yearsÂall because of a stupid little checklist. They'd save more money if they did it. But they won't. #2 Someone built a diagnosis app, based on the same type of algorithms Amazon and Netflix use for recommendations. You put in some symptoms, it starts asking questions. At the end of the process it suggests several possible diagnoses, along with prevalence, accuracy of match to symptoms, and the correct tests to confirm or rule out each option. Hospitals won't use it because "no machine can replace years of experience" though figures show it clearly can. But the method they use to keep them out is to accuse the creator of the system of practicing medicine without a license. Doctors hate being told what to do, and they're currently very well funded and well connected. It ain't changing just because it ain't working. --
Drew |
In case you wondered, hernieated disks SUCK
- (drook)
- (33)
- June 26, 2012, 12:39:22 PM EDT
ouch! major suckage
-NT
- (boxley)
- June 26, 2012, 12:45:15 PM EDT
Dude, I've felt your pain.
- (mmoffitt)
- (27)
- June 26, 2012, 02:22:31 PM EDT
The tough decision
- (drook)
- (26)
- June 26, 2012, 02:38:21 PM EDT
I no advice, there..
- (Ashton)
- (2)
- June 26, 2012, 03:38:18 PM EDT
Re: I no advice, there..
- (dmcarls)
- (1)
- June 26, 2012, 11:11:00 PM EDT
Sure they can stay this way
- (drook)
- June 26, 2012, 11:42:18 PM EDT
I threw my back out a couple of months ago...
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- June 26, 2012, 03:39:55 PM EDT
Re: before / after
- (drook)
- (1)
- June 26, 2012, 03:55:22 PM EDT
Understood. Good luck. :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- June 26, 2012, 04:12:56 PM EDT
On pain...
- (dmcarls)
- (5)
- June 26, 2012, 11:28:50 PM EDT
:-) J's father said his was "15" once. ;-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- June 27, 2012, 12:07:24 AM EDT
I've heard a relative say "11".
- (static)
- (3)
- June 27, 2012, 12:19:13 AM EDT
On Wednesday right before the shot I said I was about a 4
- (drook)
- (2)
- June 27, 2012, 01:10:22 AM EDT
Louis CK Pain Chart.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- June 29, 2012, 04:34:08 PM EDT
Excellent
-NT
- (drook)
- June 29, 2012, 04:58:47 PM EDT
In November I had a lumbar laminectomy
- (hnick)
- (3)
- June 26, 2012, 04:22:17 PM EDT
Yeah, speaking of Vicodin ...
- (drook)
- (1)
- June 26, 2012, 05:02:12 PM EDT
cool. let me know.
- (hnick)
- June 26, 2012, 05:15:45 PM EDT
Seconded.
- (mmoffitt)
- June 27, 2012, 08:10:41 AM EDT
I just realized I never answered your question.
- (mmoffitt)
- (9)
- June 27, 2012, 08:19:36 AM EDT
Couldn't do upward dog until yesterday
- (drook)
- (8)
- June 27, 2012, 11:10:30 AM EDT
Re: Couldn't do upward dog until yesterday
- (malraux)
- (3)
- June 27, 2012, 11:19:05 AM EDT
Saw that on the labeling ... have you used it?
-NT
- (drook)
- (2)
- June 27, 2012, 11:55:59 AM EDT
Re: Saw that on the labeling ... have you used it?
- (malraux)
- (1)
- June 27, 2012, 12:20:02 PM EDT
Oh, I don't plan on using it forever
- (drook)
- June 27, 2012, 12:56:51 PM EDT
Didn't do much for me.
- (hnick)
- (1)
- June 27, 2012, 12:44:42 PM EDT
Probably a dosage issue
- (crazy)
- June 27, 2012, 09:21:47 PM EDT
Do NOT drive no matter how clearheaded you feel.
- (crazy)
- (1)
- June 27, 2012, 09:23:20 PM EDT
Thanks for the tip
- (drook)
- June 28, 2012, 12:17:35 AM EDT
Very little is as painful as back pain
- (malraux)
- June 26, 2012, 03:13:13 PM EDT
Can't comment on other's pain
- (crazy)
- (2)
- June 27, 2012, 07:54:54 AM EDT
Hadn't thought about the insurance aspect ... good point
- (drook)
- (1)
- June 27, 2012, 11:06:33 AM EDT
Maybe it'll be moot tomorrow... :-/
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- June 27, 2012, 11:10:06 AM EDT
