tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6712962358387086502..comments2024-03-29T06:37:18.029-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Not significant enough to warrant enhanced statistical trackingPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-87995785648662381302015-03-12T07:06:55.774-04:002015-03-12T07:06:55.774-04:00Just read "Walk on Water", a book from 2...Just read "Walk on Water", a book from 2003 about Cleveland Clinic's pediatric heart center, which in the last chapters revealed that mortality statistics vary hugely in this technically difficult field, and everyone in it knows it but the parents. New York is the only state to collect these (and other) heart surgery-related statistics and make them available to the public. One cardiologist said, "It's going to have to come from the government; it won't come from the hospitals."<br /><br />How long are we going to put up with this?nonlocal MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-89287244813905659372015-03-10T11:06:16.565-04:002015-03-10T11:06:16.565-04:00Meaning it is significant enough to patients but t...Meaning it is significant enough to patients but they don't want to show it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com