Ep. 22: When Healthcare Gets It Right
Healthcare often has a reputation for changing slowly. Many evidence-based practices take years—or even decades—to become routine care.
But every once in a while, healthcare gets it exactly right.
In this episode, Bruce Spurlock explores one of the fastest and most successful quality improvement efforts in modern healthcare: the national movement to reduce early elective deliveries before 39 weeks.
The remarkable story isn't simply that the evidence was strong. Professional organizations had recommended against elective early deliveries for years. The real question is why decades of limited…
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