562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death

<p>In medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives. Tales from the front line, the lab, and the I.T. department.</p><p> </p><p>RESOURCES:</p><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/45mpkoA"><i>Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well</i></a><i>, </i>by Amy Edmondson (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724400/">Reconsidering the Application of Systems Thinking in Healthcare: The RaDonda Vaught Case</a>," by Connor Lusk, Elise DeForest, Gabriel Segarra, David M. Neyens, James H. Abernathy III, and Ken Catchpole (<i>British Journal of Anaesthesia, </i>2022).</li><li>"<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776873">Dispelling the Myth That Organizations Learn From Failure</a>," by Jeffrey Ray (<i>SSRN, </i>2016).</li><li>"<a href="https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2013/09000/A_New,_Evidence_based_Estimate_of_Patient_Harms.2.aspx">A New, Evidence-Based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated With Hospital Care</a>," by John T. James (<i>Journal of Patient Safety, </i>2013).</li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25077248/"><i>To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System</i></a><i>, </i>by the National Academy of Sciences (1999).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/263797a0">Polymers for the Sustained Release of Proteins and Other Macromolecules</a>," by Robert Langer and Judah Folkman (<i>Nature, </i>1976).</li></ul><p>EXTRAS:</p><ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/how-to-succeed-at-failing/">How to Succeed at Failing</a>," series by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/will-a-covid-19-vaccine-change-the-future-of-medical-research-ep-430/">Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?</a>" by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(2020).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/bad-medicine-part-3-death-by-diagnosis/">Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis</a>," by <i>Freakonomics