Time to bring back morbidity and mortality conferences

Posted by denitzablagev on August 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

My post on the changing culture of medicine as reflected in the way we talk about our errors in M&Ms is up at kevinMD. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/07/time-bring-back-morbidity-mortality-conferences.html

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Morbidity & Mortality Conference, a post mortem

Posted by denitzablagev on July 19, 2014 · 2 Comments 

When things go wrong in medicine, as they invariably do, we try to figure out what went wrong, and why.  We try to learn if there’s anything we could have done better and what we should do next time. It used to be, in the days of the Giants, that the physician responsible for the patient … Continue reading →

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