The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Gawande, Atul
ISBN: 9780312430009
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A New York Times Bestseller

In latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.

The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry--in almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded our ability as individuals to properly deliver it to people--consistently, correctly, safely. We train longer, specialize more, use ever-advancing technologies, and still we fail. Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument that we can do better, using the simplest of methods: the checklist. In riveting stories, he reveals what checklists can do, what they can't, and how they could bring about striking improvements in a variety of fields, from medicine and disaster recovery to professions and businesses of all kinds. And the insights are making a difference. Already, a simple surgical checklist from the World Health Organization designed by following the ideas described here has been adopted in more than twenty countries as a standard for care and has been heralded as "the biggest clinical invention in thirty years" (The Independent).

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Gawande, Atul
  • ISBN: 9780312430009
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.25 x 0.65
  • Number Of Pages: 240
  • Publication Year: 2011

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  • Great Book!

    Sharonya S. - 5 years 10 months ago

    This was a great book that really showed the importance of checklists. It shows that there are ways to simplify a process that seems very complicated and there are ways to improve systems that we may think are simple at first. Gawande includes not only the example of hospitals, but speaks of his experience of how he determined the importance of checklists, making this an interesting read from start to finish.