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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 7/2016

01-07-2016 | On Patient Safety

Safer Operations, But Worse Surgeons?

Author: Michael J. Lee, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 7/2016

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Remember MapQuest, the amazing website that allowed its users to download and print directions to and from anywhere? When was the last time you physically printed out directions? Doing so has all-but been made obsolete with the development of real-time Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) applications like Google Maps and Waze. Appliances and devices quickly become antiquated as a better, more efficient model (or smartphone application) is brought to market. The same is true for technology in healthcare today. It is challenging to keep up with advances in medicine, unless they are in one’s own area of interest. …
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Title
Safer Operations, But Worse Surgeons?
Author
Michael J. Lee, MD
Publication date
01-07-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-4895-z

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