The effect of an electronic checklist on critical care provider workload, errors, and performance.

Charat Thongprayoon; Andrew M Harrison; John C O'Horo; Ronaldo A Sevilla Berrios; Brian W Pickering; Vitaly Herasevich

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The effect of an electronic checklist on critical care provider workload, errors, and performance.

December 10, 2014

Thongprayoon C, Harrison AM, O'Horo JC, et al. J Intensive Care Med. 2016;31(3):205-12.

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Simulation has been advocated as a way to create a safe space to learn from error. This simulation-based study found that electronic checklists used by intensivists reduced workload and errors compared to paper checklists, adding to the evidence supporting checklist use in medical care.

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