Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

http://www.ted.com Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.

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[reafdaw01]

You know it's ted when you're clapping at home.

[ostkartong]

In fact, I think his check list idea might even reduce costs due to lower frequency of infections, relapse, complications etc.

[Vihsadas]

You should check out the family medicine capitation system in Ontario...we are moving that way (at least in Canada)

[Quoc-Dien Trinh]

america has relatively lax rules for allowing foreign doctors to work. this is coming from a canadian doctor.

[Gregg Trueman]

Not sure what veganism has to do with Dr Gawande's talk ...?

If interested in the surgical checklist, google WHO Surgical Safety Checklist

[veganath]

What is it about my comment ur responding too that refers to veganism?

I can agree with u that advocating a non-violent society in which we don't cause unnecessary suffering to any living creature is desirable.

[mphello]

A patient cured is a paying customer.

You STILL have ZERO proof for your CONJECTURES.

Stop pretending that you have. You make vegans look bad.

Veganism should be FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS, ONLY! Ending the HOLOCAUST of factory farming.

All other reasons are distracting BULLSHIT.

[veganath]

PROBLEM: A PATIENT CURED IS A CUSTOMER LOST!! Modern pharmaceutical companies know this, it isn't in their economic interest to cure you!

SOLUTION: A health care system in which Doctors are paid only when you are healthy!! Additional, the last thing a convalescing patient needs when faced with a debilitating disease is the financial burden of the health care costs!!

A HEALTHY PATIENT A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE!!... Every body wins

[mecher3k]

Oh you're a retarded subhuman vegan.

No wonder you think "All major chronic diseases are the result of poor nutrition" is true.

Even creationists aren't as anti-science as that statement is.

[veganath]

The largest study ever conducted into the links between disease & nutrition, "The China Study" has concluded that most chronic diseases e.g. cancers, coronary heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis.. etc are attributable to lifestyle choices of foods consumed. Thumbs down from me!

[veganath]

Couldn't have said it better myself, fortunately there is a growing number of people like us who get it... Thumbs up from me

When pharmaceutical companies understand that a patient cured is customer lost, the medical system is inherently disingenuous.