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See also: Atul Garande's books on medical practice in the US: http://atulgawande.com/books/ http://atulgawande.com/books/ including "The Checklist Manifesto".
by pja 12y ago
See also: Atul Garande's books on medical practice in the US: http://atulgawande.com/books/ http://atulgawande.com/books/ including "The Checklist Manifesto".
You can have the best people in the world, but without a safety culture that abstains from blame and works to eliminate sources of error over time, your hospital will kill people that didn't have to die.
- carbocation 12y agoYes, checklists do seem important, but keep in mind the counterpoint data (new from just this year): http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1308261 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1308261 Now, I've seen studies with positive results and neutral results from checklists, but never one with a negative (harmful) result, so on balance the checklist approach seems useful or at least not harmful.
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