I read How Doctors Think this weekend while working in the yard. (OK, I was listening to the audiobook on my iPod.) Fascinating book! The book is based on the personal experience and field research of the author Dr. Jerome Goopman. It delves into the decision making process — sometimes faulty — of the modern medical doctor. To me the book was one part fascinating and one part scary!
It made me think of a Harvard Business Review article I read several years ago that discussed the analytics of bird watching! (I’m an avid birder.) The connection? One of the interviewees was a doctor and the article drew parallels between analytics in business, identification of birds in the field and diagnosis of illness. I’ll need to find that one and share it.
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