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It's not difficult to see how the concept of following strict procedures and double-checking your work might be adapted to medicine. There's really no use in a
by TillE 11y ago
It's not difficult to see how the concept of following strict procedures and double-checking your work might be adapted to medicine.
There's really no use in arguing about an analogy. Focus on the point.
- wvenable 11y agoIt sort of implies that there aren't strict procedures and double-checking in medicine. But there are. The problem is that medicine is more complicated with more people involved. You can't just say "hey, look in Engineering we can build bridges on time and under budget, why can't you do that with software?" The same issue here.
- EliRivers 11y agoI understand the evidence indicates that checklists in medicine can make a significant improvement. http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/checklists/background/en/ http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/checklists/b... "This study revealed an overall significant reduction in mortality and morbidity after implementation of the checklist."