Conversations with Tyler

Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small

Jul 19, 2017

57:33

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Atul Gawande

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What Are the Biggest Problems in Health Care Delivery?

04:08

Doctors Are More Powerful Than Buyers

02:44

Do You Think the FDA Process Should Be Liberalized?

01:44

Introduction

3min

Machine Learning

2min

Are You Worried About Crisper?

2min

Crisper Is Just Another, a Bullet in the Holster

2min

Awake Surgery

2min

Surgeons Sometimes Leave Sponges Behind

3min

Do Checklists Make Things Worse Than Better?

3min

Do You Have a Check List?

2min

How to Maximize Your Life's Expectancy

4min

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What's the Number One Thing Missing in Medical Education?

3min

11.

Doctors Are More Powerful Than Buyers

3min

12.

Do You Think the FDA Process Should Be Liberalized?

2min

13.

Drug Safety - The Biggest Risks

2min

14.

Surgery - Should the FDA Regulate New Procedures?

2min

15.

Is Michael Criton Overrated or Underrated?

2min

16.

What Are the Biggest Problems in Health Care Delivery?

4min

17.

What Makes You Weep?

3min

18.

Surgery

2min

19.

Are You a Good Health Care Patient?

2min

20.

What's Your Two Thousand 17 View of Welfare Reforms?

2min

21.

The Otulgoande Production Function

2min

22.

Ariadne Is a Center for Health System Innovation

3min

23.

The Secret to Hiring?

2min

24.

Frightened Rabbit - The Great Break Up Album of All Time

2min

The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church’s narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what’s missing in medical education, Michael Crichton’s cultural influence, Knausgård versus Ferrante, indie music, and the thing that makes Gawande “bawl like a baby.”

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Conversations with Tyler

Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small

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What Are the Biggest Problems in Health Care Delivery?

Doctors Are More Powerful Than Buyers

Do You Think the FDA Process Should Be Liberalized?

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