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Human Factors in Surgery-Mayo Clinic

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Uploaded by on May 27, 2008

Fifty years ago, doctors at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., opened the doors to modern open heart surgery using the heart-lung machine. Back then you had about a 50-50 chance of making it off the table. Now you can be 98 percent certain that you'll survive. But for today's doctors at Mayo Clinic, that's not good enough. They're using methods developed by the aeronautics industry to make surgery even safer.

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  • Best practices in medicine can reduce error, and technology in health care is helping to pave the way. That's what health reform is all about - quality care, safety and efficiency.

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