You might not see much in common between a hospital admission and bungee jumping, but Dr. Scott Ellner does. “Anytime somebody comes in to have a procedure done or just have some sort of hospital ...

CHICAGOCHICAGO — Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools? Answering such basic questions from surgery checklists – and involving everyone as a ...

While appropriate use of checklists helps improve surgical quality and patient safety, they must be used in conjunction with proper training and expectations, according to a newsletter from LifeWings.

A surgery checklist to determine basic information, such as which hip is being repaired and does the surgery team have all the right tools, helped to save lives in Veterans Affairs hospitals, ...

Suppose we told you that I know of a tactic that will improve communications, teamwork and operating performance in your organization. And suppose we told you that this tactic will cost next to ...