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Boston, MA — Overdose deaths claimed more than 64,000 lives in 2016 in the United States. That’s more than the number of HIV and AIDS-related deaths in 1995 at the peak of the epidemic. While many players have had a hand in the U.S. opioid crisis, two leaders in the medical and public health… Continue reading Murthy and Gawande call for health care professionals to play a leading role in curbing opioid epidemic
Every day, more than 800 women and 7,000 babies die around the time of childbirth worldwide, while thousands more suffer life-threatening and lifelong complications. The vast majority of these deaths are preventable when proven essential birth practices are followed. The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Childbirth Checklist brings these practices together in one 28-item tool… Continue reading Safe Childbirth Checklist: Learning from Implementation
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.