Content by Lola Butcher, Knowable Magazine
Telemedicine’s Tipping PointVirtual healthcare has been pushed into the mainstream. Will we go back to doctors’ waiting rooms?
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 12:01
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. In February 2020, the month before Covid-19 hit Boston, Partners Healthcare, the huge health system that includes Massachusetts General Hospital, treated 1,600 patients via video visits. By…
Measuring Surgical QualityDoctors are developing new ways to test—and improve—operating room performance
Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:02
Any patient scheduled for surgery hopes, and maybe assumes, that his surgeon will do a high-quality job. Surgeons know better. Nearly three decades of research have made clear that some hospitals and surgeons have significantly better outcomes than…