Hospital checklists are meant to save lives—so why do they often fail?

Emily Anthes

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Hospital checklists are meant to save lives—so why do they often fail?

August 12, 2015

Anthes E. Nature. 2015;523(7562):516-8.

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Checklists have been advocated as a safety strategy, despite challenges that hinder their success. Reporting on the unmet potential of checklists to reliably improve health care safety, this news article describes how resistance to checklist use, design problems, and implementation factors can limit their effectiveness.

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