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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

In 2000, JAMA reported the US yearly estimated iatrogenic deaths: 12,000 caused by unnecessary surgeries; 27,000 caused by medication errors and other errors in hospitals; 80,000 hospital/healthcare facility acquired infections; and 106,000 “non-error” adverse effects of medication.

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Kaizen 5S - The Key To "Constant Improvement" For Your Team

Vantage Circle

Kaizen is a famous approach in Lean manufacturing that focuses on reducing waste while increasing efficiency in manufacturing systems. Although it was designed for manufacturing, we can use it in a wide variety of industries. With the logical, step-by-step guide of Kaizen 5S, everything around us gets super easy and systematic.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

Mad in America

Bristol Myers, along with the many other manufacturing plants located in the surrounding area, helped to grow and strengthen our local economy. By the mid-2000s, because of cheaper costs to manufacture penicillin in foreign countries, the plant downsized considerably.