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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by saint_fiasco on Friday March 02, 2018 @09:34AM (#16501594)
Add a regulation that says every hospital must publish anonimized aggregated patient outcomes. Remove as many other regulations as it would take for them to be willing to compromise and accept this one.
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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by conanbatt on Friday March 02, 2018 @11:02AM (#16502584)
Good reason to shy away care for bad patients if it affects your stats.

Surgeons do this today to maintain a high success rate.

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by saint_fiasco on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:20PM (#16523066)
Either make that count as a forfeit or hire specialized diagnosticians who make the prognosis and rate the surgeons on how well they do relative to the prognosis.
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