Health Care, Toyota Style

Articles — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:23:00 -0400

Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the taboo-busting Running a Hospital blog, wrote recently about a dilemma he faced involving the "da Vinci Surgical Robot." Levy has been advised that without purchasing a new da Vinci robot, the hospital’s prostate surgery volume will plummet because others will market this new treatment even if it’s not superior to current procedures -- and it might not be.

Last year, Levy reported that less invasive robotic surgery is proven to be no better than "open" prostate surgery -- on measures such as success removing cancer, retaining… more

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