This article is part of a new series on Improvement Science and Practice Coaching The PDSA Cycle is the key to improvement, but is often poorly understood.(and no, Ken, it doesn’t stand for “Please Don’t Say that Again”) A PDSA is a process in which we use small, simple steps to test a change idea. The […]
If you come to our hospital missing a finger, no one will believe you until we get a CT scan, an MRI and an orthopedic consultJune 9, 2014
In this TED talk, physician and writer Abraham Verghese talks about the power of the ritual in medical consultation. The power of human touch is a powerful healing tool that is put at risk by our reliance on investigations and imaging. |
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The cost of one admission to hospital is more than 15 years worth of GP consultationsJune 6, 2014
Should we be discouraging people from seeing their general practitioner? Calculating from federal government figures: The cost of one admission to a public hospital is more than the government would spend on 15 years worth of GP consultations It is cheaper to pay for someone to see their GP every week for a year than […] |
