Name: How do we heal medicine?
Uploaded: 2012-04-16T15:28:38Z
Duration: 19 min 2 s
Description: Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.

Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.

Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

How do we heal medicine?

Complexity in medicine has increased, with 4,000 procedures and 6,000 drugs available. The best care is often the least expensive.

A 19-item surgical checklist reduced complications by 35% and deaths by 47%, proving simple tools can enhance expert performance.

The greatest task of our generation is making systems work in healthcare and beyond, leveraging group success amidst complexity.