PT and the Greater Good : September 2011

The "Aha!" Moment by Dean Metz: For months now, I've been stymied by the NHS insistence on looking primarily at qualitative outcomes for most things. I simply believed that the leaders had given up on reason and on objective, quantitative outcomes. Like Captain Jack Harkness in Britain's Read More...
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The British Gasp by Dean Metz: While I was on holiday last week, I read an editorial by Paul Krugman in the New York Times about Ron Paul, a surgeon by profession, and the Republican presidential debates. It so disturbed me that I had to look up the clip he was referring to on YouTube Read More...
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What a Great Friday Afternoon! by Dean Metz: Our falls/vestibular service is usually very busy and booked solidly. In order to find time to review literature, brainstorm or study a particular case, we have to block out space in our calendars (nearly impossible) or use our own time. This past Friday, Read More...
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Have You Walked in Their Shoes? by Dean Metz: I posted a few weeks back about qualitative outcomes versus quantitative outcomes. This was in response to an unsettling trend I'm observing here in the UK - that the patient is always right, no matter what. The NHS seems to be abandoning clinical outcomes Read More...
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