Exercise $8\mathrm{.}4$: adverse events

Imagine that you work at a medical device company. A colleague approaches you with the following slide $($Figure $8\mathrm{.}4)$ summarizing a couple of points from a recent study and asks for your feedback. Spend a few moments examining it$,$ then complete the following steps.

Rate of Adverse Events ${?}^{13}$

Clinical success$*$ in $89\mathrm{.}8\%$ of patients using optimal settings ${?}^{13}$

Adverse events after procedure

$7\mathrm{.}5\%$ of Raciplath patients with optimal settings vs$.13\mathrm{.}1\%$ with non$-$optimal settings and $17,7\%$ in control group

Reduced procedural costs

Use of optimal settings with Raciplath resulted in fewer post$-$procedure clinical events, translating to a $16\%$ reduction in post$-$procedure management costs savings per patient$)$ in the year after the procedure compared to patients treated with competitor products ${?}^{14}$

FIGURE $8\mathrm{.}4$ Adverse events

STEP $1$: Before jumping into constructive criticism, it can be nice to point out what has been done well. What do you like about this slide?

STEP $2$: What questions would you ask your colleague? Make a list.

STEP $3$: What changes might you recommend based on the various lessons we've covered? Outline your thoughts, focusing not just on what you would recommend changing, but also why.

STEP $4$: How would your recommendations change if you knew this information was going to be presented to a non$-$technical audience?