@philandstuff I also found his writing very compelling, but there’s recent research that suggests that checklists aren’t effective in improving surgical outcomes.
@CytotoxicT_cell Checklists are absolutely process. My sense was also that they were very effective in certain domains, but I recently saw this study in the domain of medical surgery (where they were highly touted) that makes me much more skeptical: https:
@Tiff_Caza @thadaniel Sadly - though he writes beautifully, the idea failed in subsequent trials Eg https://t.co/oFjgqotWmM Or https://t.co/jGolOdR2d4 (It’s the culture that may matter than a checklist) Sorry to spoil your reading - Atul Gawande go
@WHO @DavidUrbachMD @jdimick1 @bmj_latest Original research: Introduction of Surgical Safety Checklists in Ontario, Canada @NEJM. "Implementation of #surgical #safety #checklists in Ontario, Canada, was not associated with significant reductions in operati