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Why Boston Hospitals Were Ready
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-bostons-hospitals-were-ready
The Check-list
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/12/10/the-checklist
The Coach in the Operating Room
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best
These three articles explore medicine not as an individual endeavor but more akin to a team sport, with an emphasis on what doctors can gain with deliberate practice, a reliance on checklists, and directly observed coaching. Although not explicitly stated in each article, the role of connections among staff members and even remotely operating agencies and systems is a common theme with all of these pieces.
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