Peter J. Pronovost
Peter J. PronovostSafe patients, smart hospitals

Safe patients, smart hospitals

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Safe patients, smart hospitals

how one doctor's checklist can help us change healthcare from the inside out

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.

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John McCarthy tinley park il great book very informative.
The book Safer Patients, Smart Hospitals provides a description of the development of what we now call the Central Line Bundle. Incorporated by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as one of their key Bundle practices, Dr.
As a book, it was a bit disappointing. Someone did a very poor job of editing; there were too many word, grammar, and punctuation errors to satisfy me.
Years ago a politician lost the presidential election by not focusing on the real issue--the economy. Here we see in Dr.
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out outlines a leading physicians' crusade against medical harm and for improving health care quality in the United States. Hospital-acquired illnesses will affect 1 in 10 patients: this shows how the health care system can be fixed to improve the odds.
Everyone in the Health Care System, which has become an oxymoron since it is unsystematic and since too few people seem to care, should read this book. Dr.
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals is likely to be to the health care industry what In Search of Excellence was to the broader business world. It's one of the most important books written about the medical profession and health care industry in many years.
A good examination of the culture of medicine, how if fosters occasional error and arrogance. Further, this is a story of how one doctor got motivated by a high profile pediatric death at Johns Hopkins to deploy checklists and launch a persistent effort to "transform" that culture and improve patient safety.
Peter Pronovost's father died early, primarily due to medical error; the 'good news' is that it galvanized Peter to ensure his own life made a contribution. He continued his education, becoming an M.
Having already read Dr. Atul Gawande's popular book, The Checklist Manifesto, I wondered whether or not Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals, by Peter Pronovost, M.
Should be required reading for anyone doing medicine, especially hospital administration!.
Clearly an important topic, presented in layman's language. The anecdotal material regarding the prevalence of hubris among doctors was striking.

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