Friday Apr 09, 2010
Podcast 82: Checklists save lives — lots of lives. Becoming a clinical automaton.
Repetitive tasks, like making sure to wash your hands after seeing each patient, may seem like drudgery, but they save patients’ lives.
This week we talk with Prof. Elizabeth Robb and Sir Brian Jarman about their success at chopping hospital mortality rates with simple checklists. Sir Brian has offered to monitor your hospital’s stats for free. So give a listen.
Comments to 1-617-440-4374 or to jelia@jwatch.org.
Interview-related links:
- BMJ article
- Links to the checklists used
- Physician’s First Watch summary
- Prof. Robb’s You-Tube video
- Dr Foster Intelligence unit at Imperial College, London
News-related links:
- Fruit-and-veggie intake
- Chlamydia screening
- Generic losartan (Cozaar)
- Childhood cancer’s aftereffects
- Back-surgery conflicts