tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617900481067592523.post5885694107929278381..comments2012-05-02T11:27:55.438-04:00Comments on Health and Society: Pushing StandardsJHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006595225373347228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617900481067592523.post-79884482666102593552012-05-01T21:09:45.200-04:002012-05-01T21:09:45.200-04:00I was also very intrigued by this chapter. Gawand...I was also very intrigued by this chapter. Gawande states, <br /><br />“We in medicine are not the only ones being graded nowadays. Firemen, C.E.O.s, and salesmen are. Even teachers are being graded, and, in some places, being paid accordingly. Yet we all feel uneasy about being judged by such grades. They never seem to measure the right things. They don’t take into account circumstances beyond our control. They are misused; they are unfair. Still, the simple facts remain: there is a bell curve in all human activities, and the differences you measure usually matter” (228).<br /><br />The question of how doctors can be graded is a very complex one, and the development of proper grading systems is an issue for a variety of professions. As Gawande explains, getting data that can be used to develop a grading system is extremely difficult in the medical field. It is easy to find death rates for a certain institution, but concepts such as recovery time or the number of resulting complications are not as easy to measure and collect. I agree that a grading system can help to improve patient outcomes, the difficult lies in creating a system that allows for a comparison between doctors regarding certain topics that may not be easy to measure.Chelsye Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951486918487359974noreply@blogger.com