Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
What Students Think
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
What Students Think
Do you wish to request the book?
What Students Think
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Trade Publication Article
What Students Think
2009
Overview
Almost every year, Institute for Healthcare Improvement president and CEO Donald Berwick, MD, gives a lecture about quality improvement to first-year medical school students at Harvard. Looking at healthcare with the tools of quality improvement is like putting on a new pair of eyeglasses. Indeed, the author is often struck by how accessible and commonsensical many of the processes that lead to better patient care really are. Years of psychological and behavioral research have proven that people are fallible. Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that implementation of the checklist can reduce inpatient complications and prevent deaths. Notably, the Surgical Safety Checklist is a one-page document with 19 steps -- an inexpensive intervention that is readily adoptable -- that has amazing potential to save lives. Meanwhile, getting intensive care patients out of bed and walking is another area that has been ripe for innovation.
Publisher
Health Administration Press
