“Engineers should run Boeing. Doctors should run medicine.”

Earlier this year, Wendy shared a post from a physician friend who saw news of a door blowing off a Boeing 737 as a metaphorical omen for the state of US healthcare. That post struck a nerve. So, we wanted to talk to someone who’s been on the frontlines at Boeing – someone who saw that lives were at risk and spoke up - someone who the healthcare industry can learn from. Ed Pierson, a former Senior Manager in the Boeing 737 MAX factory, joins us to talk about how the drive for increased production schedules and profits trumped safety and experience. Sound familiar?

 

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Notes & Resources

43cc wants to be factual and informational and be hopeful in a way that provides a mechanism to get through this mess and try to be better together.

Moral injury plays a major role in this circumstance as well.

If I Betray These Words… By Wendy Dean, MD

 
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