Safe patients, smart hospitals : how one doctor's checklist can help us change health care from the inside out / Peter Pronovost and Eric Vohr.

By:

Pronovost, Peter J

Contributor(s):

Vohr, Eric

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Hudson Street Press, c2010.Description: xxii, 282 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781594630644 (alk. paper)
159463064X (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

610.28/9 22

LOC classification:

R729.8 .P76 2010

NLM classification:

2010 D-610
WX 153

Summary: While Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the western world, our hospitals and clinics kill more patients. Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost is working to remedy that, by changing the way hospitals and doctors function day to day. In fact, his ideas are already saving people. By introducing a five-step checklist that standardizes a common ICU procedure, Dr. Pronovost has decreased the rate of infection--and as a result, unnecessary deaths--across the country by 90 percent. In this book, Dr. Pronovost makes reform relatable, easy to understand, and inspiring.--From publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
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Includes index.

While Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the western world, our hospitals and clinics kill more patients. Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost is working to remedy that, by changing the way hospitals and doctors function day to day. In fact, his ideas are already saving people. By introducing a five-step checklist that standardizes a common ICU procedure, Dr. Pronovost has decreased the rate of infection--and as a result, unnecessary deaths--across the country by 90 percent. In this book, Dr. Pronovost makes reform relatable, easy to understand, and inspiring.--From publisher description.