A new report has called for greater understanding of how checklists can be used to improve safety. The report has been described as "counter-revolutionary" and providing a "a long overdue and ...

Mistakes are inevitable in any industry. But in healthcare, they often come with a higher price tag and significant impact. One surprisingly simple strategy that has proven effective at minimizing ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free checklist that encourages patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The checklist includes actions that patients can take to partner ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having step-by-step checklists on hand may help doctors and nurses manage emergencies in the operating room, a new study suggests. In situations when a person's heart stops ...

From rethinking how lab results are flagged to implementing root cause analysis and checklists, healthcare teams are finding smarter ways to prevent errors and protect patients. These changes aim to ...

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Post-surgical deaths at South Carolina hospitals dropped 22% after implementation of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist. The state is the first in the U.S. to implement the ...

In the ten years since Dr. Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto, the use of checklists has proliferated in fields from medicine to investing. Gawande, a surgeon, made a particular focus on ...

The checklist below is intended to assist healthcare providers in thinking through various issues that might need to be considered or addressed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.