checklists

 

pt/doc co-care, Why PM

What would a checklist for patients look like?

This springs up from a Twitter discussion this morning. It’s Atul Gawande’s fault, for his book “Checklists.” :-) Forward-thinking clinicians are doing it; participatory patients should to.  Let’s get to work.

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general, positive patterns, reforming hc

Saving Lives, Old-School Style

What if there was a simple, old-school style procedure that could save tens of thousands of lives every year? Better yet, what if it could be implemented at minuscule costs (about $3 million to rollout nationwide), and would require very little change in anyone’s procedure or daily lives? What if that procedure was something as [...]

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