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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by ceejayoz on Friday January 06, 2017 @09:31AM (#13336407)
> Having said that, i think Docs should be more accountable, like for ex: they could screw up a surgery resulting in a loss of life and no one would even know about it, is something always scares me.

I'm curious about where you got this idea. In the US (and I'd presume any other modern healthcare system) a patient dying in surgery leads to a full incident review.

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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by wyldfire on Friday January 06, 2017 @10:05AM (#13336750)
I believe they're referring to a mandatory publication of these events or even all outcomes, linked/contingent with licensure.

AFAIK the incident reviews are protocols that physicians and administrators use as tools for teams to learn, not for patients to consider which physician to choose.

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