Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can

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

"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 Hospitals shows how Dr. Pronovost started a revolution by creating a simple checklist that standardized a common ICU procedure. His reforms are being implemented in all fifty states and have saved hundreds of lives by cutting hospital-acquired infection rates by 70%. Atul Gawande profiled Dr. Pronovost's reforms in a New Yorker article and his bestselling book The Checklist Manifesto is based upon Dr. Pronovost's success in patient safety. But Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals is the real story: an inspiring, thought-provoking, accessible insider's narrative about how doctors and nurses are improving patient care for all Americans, today.
Country USA
Brand Plume
Manufacturer Plume
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 9780452296862
Color Sky/Pale blue
IsAdultProduct
Height 7.89
Length 5.2
Weight 0.50044933474
Width 0.68
ReleaseDate 2011-01-25
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Plume
Manufacturer	Plume
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	9780452296862
Color	Sky/Pale blue
IsAdultProduct
Height	7.89
Length	5.2
Weight	0.50044933474
Width	0.68
ReleaseDate	2011-01-25
NumberOfItems	1

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

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