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Using Checklists to Reduce Process Variation and Improve Results

Deming Institute

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande is a wonderful book about how to create systems that work. At the core the Checklist Manifesto is about determining the critical process conditions and creating a system to assure that the those process items are properly handled. Good checklists are, above all, practical.

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Make Time to Improve

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). When We Understand Our Work and We are Given the Ability to Improve It – We Will. Many things can be justified but it isn’t uncommon for them mainly to be the result of history. But if you believe in improvement (as W.

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The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer

Harvard Business Review

Since then, improving health care outcomes has become a central goal in everything from clinical training and research studies to government initiatives and political debate. Clinicians, hospitals, professional organizations, and researchers have made significant strides over the last decade and a half in improving patient safety.

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Building More Trust Between Doctors and Patients

Harvard Business Review

Health care practitioners have traditionally relied on clinical heuristics to select, encode and process information from the patient. The use of heuristics is then reinforced by operationalizing evidenced-based care into protocols, procedures and checklists designed to increase efficiency and reduce variation in process.

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How the EMR Is Increasing Innovation and Creativity in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Every day, online retailers use computer-based transactions to guide us through stepwise sequences to buy a pair of jeans, apply for a credit card, or book a flight. EMRs improve patient safety by requiring computer-based physician orders that eliminate illegible handwriting and misinterpreted verbal orders. Insight Center.