Better Is Possible. It Does Not Take

Culture Matters. Of Course, If Physicians Are Rewarded Or Penalized For Their Service And Results, The Culture Will Change. But The Key Values We Doctors Are Being Pressed To Embrace Are Humility, Teamwork, And Discipline.

Just Using A Checklist Requires [doctors] To Embrace Different Values From Ones We've Had, Like Humility, Discipline, Teamwork.

What Is The Alternative To Understanding The Complexity Of The World?

My Own Son Has A Congenital Heart Condition, Where His Life Was Saved By A Cardiac Surgeon Stepping In At 11 Days Of Life To Save His Life. But He Is Now 21 Years Old Because Of Constant Monitoring And Working With Him With A Primary Care Physician. That's The Only Reason Now That He's Getting To Live A Long And Healthy Life. That's What We're Not Rewarding. They Don't Have The Kind Of Resources And Commitment That We Are Giving To People Like Me. I Have Millions Of Dollars Of Equipment Available To Me When I Go To Work Every Day In An Operating Room.

Writing Lets You Step Back And Think Through A Problem. Even The Angriest Rant Forces The Writer To Achieve A Degree Of Thoughtfulness.