atul gawande … on improvement

Checklist Manifesto … Gawande’s best-seller on the humble checklist as a fulcrum of quality improvement …

… ends up arguing that we should ” embrac[e] a culture of teamwork and discipline.” (p. 160) The ‘checklist’ is really just a catalyst, a tool, to get people to talk to each other and work together as a team.

The original New Yorker Checklist article …

Charlie Rose interviews Gawande on health reform and Checklist …