Checklists save lives

[dr_tectonic]

Signal-boost for my friends in health care -- or anyone interested in managing complexity.

The Checklist (New Yorker article by Atul Gawande)

[hat-tip to dpolicar]

Comments

[walrusjester.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Fascinating article; thanks for tossing it out there. I was intrigued by one aspect of the checklist system - the fact that administration put its authority behind nurses, authorizing them to stop doctors who weren't following procedure. As a professional knowledgeable subordinate, I think more organizations would benefit by formally and publicly giving knowledgeable subordinates some ability to stop people above them from making bad decisions.