Don Berwick to Head Medicare - Great Choice by President Obama - blogger's notes

Note: having been involved in WHO's (World Health Organization) Patients for Patient Safety I had the ocassion several times to hear Don Berwick speak. Here are some notes from Trisha's blog:

Patient Empowerment Blog

By Trisha Torrey, Patient Empowerment Guide

Here's an example of Dr. Berwick's point of view. From the IHI website, this is the No Needless List:
No needless deaths
No needless pain or suffering
No helplessness in those served or serving
No unwanted waiting
No waste
No one left out

Role of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Granulosa Cell Tumors of the Ovary

Intensity-modulated whole abdominal radiotherapy after surgery and carboplatin/taxane chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer: phase I study

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this Phase I study showed for the first time, to our knowledge, the clinical feasibility of intensity-modulated whole abdominal radiotherapy, which could offer a new therapeutic option for consolidation treatment of advanced ovarian carcinoma after adjuvant chemotherapy in selected subgroups of patients. We initiated a Phase II study to further evaluate the toxicity of this intensive multimodal treatment.