How do we improve in the face of complexity? Atul Gawande has studied this question with a surgeon’s precision. He shares what he’s found to be the key: having a good coach to provide a more accurate picture of our reality, to instill positive habits of thinking, and to break our actions down and then… Continue reading Want to get great at something? Get a coach.
BOSTON (Oct. 11, 2017) – Bestselling authors Atul Gawande and Malcolm Gladwell will take to the stage at Boston’s HUBWeek for a thought-provoking conversation that explores health care’s biggest untapped opportunity to save lives and reduce suffering. The authors, both New Yorker staff writers, met in college and have enjoyed a decades-long friendship based on… Continue reading Atul Gawande & Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation
BOSTON (October 2, 2017) — Ariadne Labs announced today that Dr. Evan Benjamin, a national leader in quality improvement and patient safety, will become its new chief medical officer, leading the organization’s clinical and scientific effort to drive health systems innovation around the world. Benjamin brings 30 years of experience in clinical care, quality improvement, and population… Continue reading National patient safety leader joins Ariadne Labs as Chief Medical Officer
In the October 2, 2017, issue of The New Yorker, in “Is Health Care a Right?” (p. 48), Dr. Atul Gawande reports from his home town of Athens, Ohio, in the Appalachian foothills, where he asks people this question that divides Americans. He receives answers that have not been widely heard, however—ones that point to potential common ground. Gawande writes,… Continue reading “Is Health Care a Right?” Dr. Atul Gawande’s latest article in The New Yorker explores this question