TED/Stefan Larsson: What doctors can learn from each other

No matter what kind of region the person in, or what kind of job he or she takes, it's always possible to learn from the colleagues. But the problem is, will you? Some people have too big the ego to ask the others for help, while some are just too lazy to do so. Polls and researches have proven that learning in jobs with colleagues is sure to trigger a positive environment and encourage the employees to improve and get better. It's sure and definite that the boss will be happier to pay a better salary to the ones with more skill and talent. 

And now back to today's topic, the doctors. We know about the doctors who are mostly proud and flying solo, few are willing to listen to the others' advice and admit that another doctor is better than himself/herself. However, these doctors are the top-notch in our entire human race, meaning that their brain and knowledge are averagely higher than the normal public crowd.

So if the doctors can work together, it would be such a benefit to our societies wouldn't it!? The problem now is to persuade these doctors to work together, and that's going to be really difficult. So out come our lecturer Mr larsson who had been working on this issue for ages and had seen to come cross with a solutino. There he shared it on the stage with his audiences and listeners. Different hospitals produce different results on different procedures. Only, patients don’t know that data, making choosing a surgeon a high-stakes guessing game. if doctors learn from each other in a continuous feedback loop? 

Now as to digital record keeping, patient tools, and outcomes analysis, health care remains the last industry to adopt where digitation could allow a whole new world of benefits to patient care. For instance, imagine what a home mobile/PC app could add to patient to hip surgery outcomes? I earlier designed & patented an advanced software method (DiaCeph Test) for monitoring shunt malfunctions in the disorder hydrocephalus. And it still sits on a shelf while outcomes remain very problematic and CT scanning is widely overused! By comparison, look at how software tests like the Impact Test for concussion forever change outcomes & management of sports concussion!

So here's my biggest proposal in medical software to date: a database of every known medical disorder, coupled with each containing correlating lab, x-ray, and clinical symptoms. Currently, we rely on the physician or PA's knowledge and memory when evaluating a patient. This is very subject to human error and efficacy in time spent with the patient. The Mayo Clinic currently has a Symptom Checker, which is a mini version of what is needed. Government/NIH should contract with one institution to build and manage this massive database, and then physicians, medical centers, and others could contract to access the database. I know there are limited versions of this currently available. But it needs to be expanded and made more accessible. I also think patient need access to this so they can do their due diligence become coming into the physicians office or hospital.