Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out

Name: Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out
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ISBN: 9780452296862

ISBN-10: 0452296862

ISBN-13: 9780452296862

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Authors: Peter Pronovost, Eric Vohr

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"The tough-minded and revealing story of a leading doctor's crusade against medical harm...Fascinating reading." -Atul Gawande, author of The Checklist Manifesto. First, do no harm. Doctors, nurses, and clinicians swear by this code of conduct. Yet, medical errors are made every single day-avoidable mistakes that often cost lives. Inspired by two such mistakes, Dr. Peter Pronovost made it his personal mission to improve patient safety and make preventable deaths a thing of the past, one hospital at a time. Safe Patients, Smart Hospitalsshows how Dr. Pronovost started a revolution by creating a simple checklist that standardized a common ICU procedure. His reforms are being implemented in…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/25/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.27" wide x 8.01" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English