
The Secret to Perfect Timing
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Do I Have to Schedule Every Doctor's Appointment in the Morning?
One of the takeaways that i got from reading your book was that i should schedule every doctor's appointment, every surgery, anything that i want o schedule, i should get that first appointment in the morning. Was that the proper thing to have learned? I actually think that's pretty good guidance. The evidence of changes in performance, especially in hospitals, in the afternoon, are terrifying. Anesthesia errors are four times more likely at three p m than at nine a m. Hand washing in hospitals deteriorates considerably the afternoon. Doctors find half as many polyps in afternoon exams as you do in morning exams for the same population. If you look at the prescribing of unnecessary antibiotics, much higher
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