As patients, we don't know nearly enough about the care that we are receiving in our hospitals, and the closed door culture of medicine prevents us from gaining the tools to make vitally important health decisions, argues Dr. Marty Makary, who attacks the corporatized hospital culture contributing to unreasonably high rates of medical errors in Unaccountable, released yesterday from Bloomsbury Press (you can watch the intriguing book trailer here).
A surgeon and professor of public health at John Hopkins University who has already made innovations in the improvement of patient care, Makary draws on his years of experience -- and leverages his influential position in medicine -- to step forward as a whistle-blower. He shares striking anecdotes from a system gone wrong, where 25 percent of all patients are harmed by medical mistakes and a focus on the bottom line leads to overtreatment at the expense of quality care.
To read the original article: How Transparency Can Empower Patients and Fix Health Care - Lindsay Abrams - The Atlantic
