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Jan 21
2009

Medicine has entered the B-17 phase...

Posted by momeara in qualitypatient safetyhealthcarehealth 2.0aerospace

momeara

That quote is from a great New Yorker article written by Atul Gawande.  It was published a little over a year ago, but the airline crash and exemplary performance from the pilot this week brought the analogy mentioned in this article back in to focus.  

Jan 12
2009

US Airlines go 2 years without fatality

Posted by admin in safetyqualityaerospace

admin

Interesting article.  Airlines have moved over a billion people in this economy without a single fatality.  Healthcare still has a lot to learn from the airlines.  The last sentence is amazing, a child today is more likely to become President than die in a plane crash. 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/12/us.air.safety/index.html?iref=mpstoryview