Blog Posts

• Top Five Indicators Your Hospital is Siloed (and What to Do About It)

   

• Turning Safety vs. Profits Into a Fair Fight

   

• Why Do We Need a Checklist for Cardiac Surgical Cases Lasting More Than 6 Hours?

   

• Beware of Automatic Decisions

   

• The Robot Will See You Now (NY Times, 4/30/21)

   

• The Value of Comfort with Discomfort

   

• On Becoming a Female Cardiac Surgeon

   

• The Downside of Hospitals Becoming “Highly Reliable”

   

• Learning From Other’s Mistakes

   

• Hospital Mismanagement of a Crisis: Common Themes

   

• Engaged Nurses Unlock the Magic

   

• Healthcare’s version of “Sophie’s Choice”

   

• Motley Crew of Overachievers

   

• Get Rid of Those that Silently Disagree and Sabotage

   

• Brutal Transparency Will Save Robotic Cardiac Surgery

   

• Making Hospitals More Hospitable to Innovation

   

• The Safety of Robotic CABG

   

• Why Change Now?

   

• Why I’m Leaving Mt. View

   

• What Would Happen if the Joint Commission Inspected Nuclear Power Plants?

   

• The Indispensable Role of the Circulating Nurse in Robotic Cardiac Surgery

   

• Why the Cardiac Team Fails to Speak Up

   

• Losing Situational Awareness During Heart Surgery

   

• Cardiac Surgery with a Robot: It Benefits Patients, But Can Harm Surgeons

   

• Hospital Leadership: An Underappreciated Culprit of Patient Harm