Monday, March 17, 2014

Surgical Checklists Don’t Save Lives

Atul Gawande has become famous for The Checklist Manifesto, which makes the case for delivering medical care like The Cheesecake Factory delivers cheesecake. However, David R. Urback and colleagues reported these results: Implementation of surgical safety checklists in Ontario, Canada, was not associated with significant reductions in operative mortality or complications… During 3-month periods before […]



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