1. Does practice make perfect?
- Author
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McDonnell, Peter J.
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CATARACT surgery , *OPHTHALMIC surgery , *TIME , *PHYSICIAN practice patterns - Abstract
The article discusses how repetition leads to improved performance, particularly in surgery with the association of higher-surgical volumes for physicians and hospitals with better outcomes, including lower mortality rates. Topics discussed include cataract surgery data revealing lower adverse event rate with more surgeries per year, debate on the proposal to only allow higher-volume surgeons to operate, and limiting number of physicians performing certain procedures to affect patients.
- Published
- 2015