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From the Ted Talk by Stefan Larsson: What doctors can learn from each other
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In my practice as a consultant, I meet probably a hundred or more than a hundred doctors and nurses and other hospital or hhalcearte staff every year. The one thing they have in comomn is they really care about what they achieve in terms of quality for their patients. Physicians are, like most of you in the audience, very competitive. They were always best in class. We were always best in class. And if somebody can show them that the result they perform for their patients is no better than what others do, they will do whatever it taeks to improve. But most of them don't know. But physicians have another characteristic. They actually thrive from peer recognition. If a cardiologist calls another cardiologist in a competing hospital and discusses why that other hiptasol has so much better results, they will share. They will shrae the inaomiorftn on how to improve. So it is, by measuring and creating transparency, you get a cycle of continuous iornmveempt, which is what this silde shows.
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In my practice as a consultant, I meet probably a hundred or more than a hundred doctors and nurses and other hospital or __________ staff every year. The one thing they have in ______ is they really care about what they achieve in terms of quality for their patients. Physicians are, like most of you in the audience, very competitive. They were always best in class. We were always best in class. And if somebody can show them that the result they perform for their patients is no better than what others do, they will do whatever it _____ to improve. But most of them don't know. But physicians have another characteristic. They actually thrive from peer recognition. If a cardiologist calls another cardiologist in a competing hospital and discusses why that other ________ has so much better results, they will share. They will _____ the ___________ on how to improve. So it is, by measuring and creating transparency, you get a cycle of continuous ___________, which is what this _____ shows.
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In my practice as a consultant, I meet probably a hundred or more than a hundred doctors and nurses and other hospital or healthcare staff every year. The one thing they have in common is they really care about what they achieve in terms of quality for their patients. Physicians are, like most of you in the audience, very competitive. They were always best in class. We were always best in class. And if somebody can show them that the result they perform for their patients is no better than what others do, they will do whatever it takes to improve. But most of them don't know. But physicians have another characteristic. They actually thrive from peer recognition. If a cardiologist calls another cardiologist in a competing hospital and discusses why that other hospital has so much better results, they will share. They will share the information on how to improve. So it is, by measuring and creating transparency, you get a cycle of continuous improvement, which is what this slide shows.
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