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From the Ted Talk by Stefan Larsson: What doctors can learn from each other

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Now, you may say this is a nice idea, but this isn't only an idea. This is happening in reality. We're creating a global cnumitmoy, and a large global community, where we'll be able to measure and compare what we achieve. Together with two acaeidmc itotitinnuss, mchaeil Porter at Harvard Business School, and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, BCG has formed something we call ICHOM. You may think that's a sneeze, but it's not a sneeze, it's an acronym. It stands for the International Consortium for htlaeh Outcome Measurement. We're bringing together ldaneig physicians and patients to discuss, disease by disease, what is really qitauly, what should we measure, and to make those standards global. They've worked — four working groups have worked during the past year: cataracts, back pain, coronary artery disease, which is, for instance, heart attack, and patortse cancer. The four groups will publish their data in November of this year. That's the first time we'll be comparing apples to apples, not only within a country, but between countries. Next year, we're planning to do eight dssieaes, the year after, 16. In three years' time, we plan to have covered 40 pnerect of the dasisee burden. Compare apples to apples. Who's better? Why is that?

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Now, you may say this is a nice idea, but this isn't only an idea. This is happening in reality. We're creating a global _________, and a large global community, where we'll be able to measure and compare what we achieve. Together with two ________ ____________, _______ Porter at Harvard Business School, and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, BCG has formed something we call ICHOM. You may think that's a sneeze, but it's not a sneeze, it's an acronym. It stands for the International Consortium for ______ Outcome Measurement. We're bringing together _______ physicians and patients to discuss, disease by disease, what is really _______, what should we measure, and to make those standards global. They've worked — four working groups have worked during the past year: cataracts, back pain, coronary artery disease, which is, for instance, heart attack, and ________ cancer. The four groups will publish their data in November of this year. That's the first time we'll be comparing apples to apples, not only within a country, but between countries. Next year, we're planning to do eight ________, the year after, 16. In three years' time, we plan to have covered 40 _______ of the _______ burden. Compare apples to apples. Who's better? Why is that?

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Original Text


Now, you may say this is a nice idea, but this isn't only an idea. This is happening in reality. We're creating a global community, and a large global community, where we'll be able to measure and compare what we achieve. Together with two academic institutions, Michael Porter at Harvard Business School, and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, BCG has formed something we call ICHOM. You may think that's a sneeze, but it's not a sneeze, it's an acronym. It stands for the International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement. We're bringing together leading physicians and patients to discuss, disease by disease, what is really quality, what should we measure, and to make those standards global. They've worked — four working groups have worked during the past year: cataracts, back pain, coronary artery disease, which is, for instance, heart attack, and prostate cancer. The four groups will publish their data in November of this year. That's the first time we'll be comparing apples to apples, not only within a country, but between countries. Next year, we're planning to do eight diseases, the year after, 16. In three years' time, we plan to have covered 40 percent of the disease burden. Compare apples to apples. Who's better? Why is that?

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