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Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S. (2016)

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Post by throwawaylinux »

synu wrote: post #215
throwawaylinux wrote: post #196

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It seems like the bullies and censors and corporatist bootlickers are still far louder. It's great if you're hearing them being called out by those speaking their truth to power though.

Running into people who disagree with you or think you are kind of dumb or call you names isn’t really the same as being silenced.

Bullying can be very silencing and disempowering actually. I see them as closely related actually -- censorship is bullying and bullying can be silencing, although the simple kind of bullying is usually driven by their more basic fear and embarrassment of their own inadequacies.

Re: Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S. (2016)

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Post by deltaonefour »

ClumsyPilot wrote: post #173
deltaonefour wrote: post #163

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Customer satisfaction is more trust-able. The incentive for retaliation is simply customer unhappiness. Patients don't just sue doctors because doctors are sitting on a pile of money, people don't behave this way. Most People sue because they are pissed. However if you caused someones death and don't want to go to jail... well that can be swept under the rug, people actually do behave this way.

> Customer satisfaction is more trust-able. Dead men dont leave reviews

But the family does.

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Post by otikik »

dTal wrote: post #106
giantg2 wrote: post #49

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"Don't aircraft have more or less standardized controls and displays?" Commercial pilots (and military) are required to train and qualify on a particular aircraft before being allowed to fly it. Controls can differ, but it's generally the difference in flight characteristics/handling that is the difference. Although we can see that the different computer related controls and lack of training were a factor in the Max…

Ah yes, the training on what to do if the computer suddenly decides to crash your airplane out of the blue. I feel this framing mis-allocates blame away from Boeing and towards airlines. The MAX was specifically designed to not require a new type rating (they have now introduced one). And no amount of training is a reasonable substitute for the autopilot with a habit of nosediving into the ground because you were too…

> Ah yes, the training on what to do if the computer suddenly decides to crash your airplane out of the blue.

My expectations might be too high, but yes I expect their training to include something along those lines. Perhaps not "computer is trying to kill you" specifically, but "computer is off or malfunctioning". And I would expect the airplane to have a secondary/backup computer at minimum, these systems are supposed to be heavily redundant after all).

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Post by vidarh »

arethuza wrote: post #174
vidarh wrote: post #112

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It's not just negotiating power, but that they're actually allowed to negotiate . E.g. Medicare has a substantially higher demand for drugs than most single payer universal healthcare systems due to a combination of number of people covered plus covering mostly older, more expensive, patients. It's larger than the UK's NHS for example. But Medicare is subject to various legal restrictions on their ability to negotiat…

Why would any government legislate to prevent a government run medical provider from negotiating with suppliers?

The excuse is that they're concerned about it distorting the market. So instead they're distorting it by ensuring one of the bigger customers of pharma companies won't try to get the best prices possible...

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Post by permo-w »

dontbenebby wrote: post #200
permo-w wrote: post #147

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what does this mean

It means that someone would say I am "pre med" as in, they are sure they will one day be a medical doctor. However, not only is that not guaranteed -- you need to do a standardized test called the MCAT, as well as a number of other things. Further, while at many universities there is a defined "pre-med" major, there is no such major at the University of Pittsburgh, where I obtained my BS. So if someone who is a Pitt…

I hate to diagnose people over the internet, but have you ever been tested for autism?
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