Should Hospitals Look Like Airports?
Authors: Zackary D. Berger, Samuel M. Brown
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2013)

Ideas and OpinionsOctober 1, 2013Should Hospitals Look Like Airports?Zackary D. Berger, MD, PhD and Samuel M. Brown, MD, MSZackary D. Berger, MD, PhDFrom Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, and Intermountain Medical Center and University of Utah School of Medicine, Murray, Utah.Search for more papers by this author and Samuel M. Brown, MD, MSFrom Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, and Intermountain Medical Center and University of Utah School of Medicine, Murray, Utah.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-159-7-201310010-00010 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Modern hospitals represent the pinnacle of technologic medicine. Inside them, previously incurable diseases are healed and extra life is coaxed from the most recalcitrant bodies. More and more, though, these marvels leave participants as cold as the diaphragm of a stethoscope pressed too quickly against a patient's warm chest. In their transformation into beacons of technology, hospitals have lost certain qualities and powers of an earlier age.The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), 2 of the most prestigious training hospitals in the United States, both harbor vestigial figures that remind us of what hospitals used to ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, and Intermountain Medical Center and University of Utah School of Medicine, Murray, Utah.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M12-2627.Corresponding Author: Zackary D. Berger, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7143, Baltimore, MD 21287; e-mail, [email protected].Current Author Addresses: Dr. Berger: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7143, Baltimore, MD 21287.Dr. Brown: Shock Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Intermountain Medical Center, 5121 South Cottonwood Street, Murray, UT 84107.Author Contributions: Conception and design: Z.D. Berger, S.M. Brown.Analysis and interpretation of the data: Z.D. Berger.Drafting of the article: Z.D. Berger, S.M. Brown.Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: Z.D. Berger, S.M. Brown.Final approval of the article: Z.D. Berger, S.M. Brown.Collection and assembly of data: Z.D. Berger. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics October 1, 2013Volume 159, Issue 7Page: 492-493KeywordsAnesthesiaBiotechnologyCardiac electrophysiologyFearHospital medicineHospitalizationsPopulation densityPsychologySpecificityThorax ePublished: 1 October 2013 Issue Published: October 1, 2013 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2013 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...