Pilots use a detailed pre-flight checklist before taking passengers’ lives into their hands. So why shouldn’t operating room surgeons and nurses be subjected to the same rigorous preparation? That’s ...
A recent review of “The Checklist Manifesto,” by surgeon Atul Gawande caught my eye. To simplify greatly, Gawande is reporting on efforts started by Dr. Peter Pronovost of Johns Hopkins to apply ...
Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital and writer for The New Yorker, claims physicians should incorporate a simple checklist into their pre-surgery routine because ...
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