A Life Saving Checklist

Dr. Atul Gawande discusses Dr. Peter Pronovost's extraordinary success reducing morbidity and saving millions of dollars with a simple checklist. The New Yorker

The Fourth Crewmember

How checklist usage helped make the Apollo missions a success. The Smithsonian

Effects of the Introduction of the WHO “Surgical Safety Checklist” on In-Hospital Mortality

A cohort study that evaluates the effectiveness of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. Annals of Surgery

To Err is Human

A report on building a safer health system by the Committe on Quality of Health Care in America. Institute of Medicine