Hospitals offer lessons for reopening amid the coronavirus
American hospitals have figured out how to avoid becoming sites of spread of the coronavirus, and lessons can be learned from them as lockdowns are lifted across the country, according to Atul Gawande. In a May 13, 2020…
WHO’s life-saving surgical checklist poorly adopted in low-income countries
Adoption of the World Health Organization’s surgical checklist has been spotty, according to a new report. The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is a list of 19 questions, some of which are as elemental as making sure the right…
Examining post-ICU care
After surviving a period in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU), patients often face a range of ongoing health issues, such as pain, physical disability, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. An article in the January-February 2019 issue of…
The promise and peril of digital health care
The digitization of health care holds great promise, but converting large health systems across the U.S. to digital platforms poses numerous challenges, especially for doctors who use the systems daily. In the November 12, 2018 issue of the…
Gawande discusses death, imperfection, health systems
Surgeon and author Atul Gawande recently talked about mortality, his discomfort with imperfection, and his recent decision to become CEO of a new organization designing efficient health care systems for employees of Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway…
Developing simple solutions to complex health care problems
Some of America’s most complex health care problems, such as access to care and high costs, can be addressed through relatively simple solutions, said Atul Gawande during a recent interview with the podcast Freakonomics.
Doctors often underestimate the addictiveness of opioids
Physicians often underestimate the addictiveness of opioids when writing prescriptions for patients, Atul Gawande, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of Ariadne Labs, said at…
Podcast: Better Birth program aims to improve maternal health
Ways to improve maternal and newborn health around the globe were discussed by surgeon Atul Gawande, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and executive director of Ariadne…
At Davos, Gawande discusses U.S., global health issues
Health policy expert Atul Gawande discussed topics ranging from Medicaid to maternal health at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January.
Want to get better at your job? A coach can help.
Coaching isn’t just good for athletes—it can also help professionals from doctors to lawyers to scientists to musicians get better at what they do, according to Atul Gawande. Gawande, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management…