checklists

pt/doc co-care, Why PM

What would a checklist for patients look like?

e-Patient Dave | March 17, 2010

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.

Saving Lives, Old-School Style

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | December 9, 2008

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 [...]