Most outcomes, whether favorable or not, have had less remarkable immediate results.
"Some women would have the same outcomes, whether the cancer is detected clinically or by mammography," he said.
He also thinks it is vital to think first and foremost about outcomes – whether that be better health management, preventing diseases, or enabling patients to access their records – and then work backwards.
Whoever is appointed will be subject to rigorous oversight and scrutiny for quality, patient safety and outcomes, whether they are from the NHS, the voluntary sector, or from the private sector.
It must be easy to do, interesting, different, and tied to quick and easy outcomes — whether it is taking a picture and posting it online or dumping a bucket of ice on your head".
In contrast, affluent Americans' preferences exhibit a substantial relationship with policy outcomes whether their preferences are shared by lower income groups or not.
Stock market investors in industries like banking, health care, energy and telecommunications that are heavily subject to the federal regulatory environment essentially can't avoid betting on election and legislative outcomes, whether they want to or not.
For all the complaints, managed care does not seem to hurt actual health care outcomes, whether pertaining to life expectancy or recovery from disease, according to a series of papers by David Cutler, an economics professor at Harvard, and co-authors.
The idea is to help them understand how course design and instruction is affecting student outcomes, whether they're blowing it or turning all their students into Einsteins.
Risk-aversion is advanced as a measure of the feeling guiding the person who faces a decision with uncertain outcomes, whether about money or status or happiness or anything else of importance.
Healthcare is moving toward a more patient-centric model, in which the success of care will be more focused on patient outcomes, whether they understand treatments and care and whether that care is actually living up to its promise.
