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Gawande looks at the costly problem of wasteful care

Dr. Atul Gawande has done it again. Writing in the New Yorker, Gawande, a general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, author and MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipient, painstakingly explains the “epidemic of unnecessary care” that bears much of the blame for the country’s runaway healthcare costs and preventable deaths. Gawande also looked […]

Devices & Diagnostics

One startup’s quest: Standardize neonatal resuscitations, guide physicians through crisis events

A country physician-turned-innovator has created a device to help physicians resuscitate the more than 10 percent* of babies who are born not breathing. Neonatal is a growing area of global concern and has a lot of room for innovation. Already, nonprofit Helping Babies Breathe, an American Academy of Pediatrics program, educates birth attendants on how to […]