Waiting for Codman: 100+ Years of Profits > Patients

By LEONARD D’AVOLIO I’m in the waiting room of the New England Baptist Hospital. They just wheeled my father to the OR. It’s strange to be back.  Once upon a time, their Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Scott Tromanhauser asked for my help. He was interested in improving the outcomes of total knee replacement surgeries. Nearly 20% of all knee replacements do not improve outcomes. The greatest opportunity for improvement is reducing unnecessary surgeries.  This seems straightforward enough to the casual reader but in the upside down that is US healthcare, very few surgical centers in this