Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD: The medical checklist concept to reduce adverse events
By Steven Greer, MD
(Viewable in full screen 1080iHD)
Dr. Peter Pronovost, Professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, discusses his paradigm changing medical checklist concept that has greatly reduced adverse events in hospitals. Starting with reducing central line infections dramatically, the concept was expanded to reducing ventilator pneumonias and then to reducing mortality in the operating room.
Dr. Pronovost was named one of Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People in the World” and is a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” award. Dr. Steven Greer took a tour of his ICU and discussed his advances.
AHRQ, Anesthesiology, CDC, CMS Medicare Medicaid, Critical care, General Surgery, Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins, NEJM, NIH, Policy | apples49 | 
January 11, 2012 1:27 am
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