Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to quality and risk management in medicine. Haynes et al., in a path-breaking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2009, ...

In an airplane crisis—an engine failure, a fire—pilots pull out a checklist to help with their decision-making. But in an operating room crisis—massive bleeding, a patient's heart stops—surgical teams ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - They are called hospital-based checklists. They can be used to make certain that important steps are not missed in patient care. They are very similar to checklists that are used ...

Studies show a new checklist developed by the World Health Organization may reduce complications and death from surgery by as much as one-third. It is patterned after similar checklists used by ...

A simple operating-room checklist, similar to the one pilots use in the cockpit before takeoff, has been credited with dramatically reducing complications and even saving lives - sparking calls for ...

Ineffective communication among members of operating room teams can lead to medical error, so identifying the reasons for poor communication are vital, says a University of Toronto researcher. “The ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery, according to a new study. The use of the World Health ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery. This is the conclusion of Axel Fudickar and co-authors in their ...