This may have some interesting effects on our health.

Signal vs. Noise has a good post on incremental innovation (yes, even in the airline industry):

It’s a good reminder that while big changes can have a big impact (like American Airlines grounding some of their Super 80 gas guzzlers), sometimes little tweaks (like flying slower) can have a big impact too. Always keep an eye out for the little things. There’s usually a lot of low hanging fruit.

And then: one more reason why health care doesn’t want to be metaphored to airlines.  Read this first.  And then if you feel up to it here is the article (ed: it’s not a pleasant realization).

Here’s a story touting the growth of medical tourism. Here’s a story questioning reported growth.

And here’s a story about our affection for the “good ol’ days.”

Volvo has a plan to eliminate injuries and deaths resulting from car accidents in their vehicles by 2020.

Think we should do the same for medical errors?

The Healthcare Economist has spent the previous two weeks synthesizing a comparative study of health care systems around the world. We often hear about the positives and negatives (depending on one’s agenda) of care delivery in other countries. Below are links to concise and informative summaries for comparative use.

France | Italy | Spain | Japan | Norway | Portugal | Greece | Great Britain | Switzerland | Germany | Canada

Woops.  More to come, I’m sure.

Another reality: we’re not going to have enough nurses.

Just train more? “Last year, we turned away 40,000 qualified applicants to nursing schools. Schools just do not have enough faculty to accommodate growing class sizes accordingly.”

Solutions?

Ideas, ten of them.  Worth exploring.

Shouldn’t it be this way?

Why it’s not in some settings is (not!) understandable, change now or forever hold your peace…

Ohio’s attorney general is pushing for a variety of changes.