Episode 38: The Story of Scalpel and Tech in Surgery š·
The Healthtech Podcast
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Why Are Safety Checks So Important?
The system is a champion on the safety checks. It asks some specific questions to these frontline clinicians before they operate. And it highlights that information when you basically scan the patient's software. So why are these safety checks needed? We need a couple of things when you think of safety. Safety is a priority, but it's often ignored in complex systems primarily because people assume safety is an end goal towards something. But safety is actually not an end goal. It's a consequence of doing the right things right. No surgeon in the world who wants to go to an operating room assuming that he would make a mistake. He wants to sell the patient and he would never, even in his dreams,
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