Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Just What the Doctor Ordered—Checklists to Improve Diagnosis
Authors: Ashwin Gupta, Mark L. Graber
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Web Exclusives16 April 2019Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Just What the Doctor Ordered—Checklists to Improve DiagnosisAshwin Gupta, MD and Mark L. Graber, MDAshwin Gupta, MDVeterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (A.G.)Search for more papers by this author and Mark L. Graber, MDSociety to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, Evanston, Illinois (M.L.G.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M19-0829 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail It has been exactly a decade since Captain “Sully” Sullenberger safely “landed” an Airbus A320 on the frigid Hudson River when the engines failed after takeoff. The “Miracle on the Hudson” represented not just the feat of a skilled technician—it was a remarkable success for a lifesaving tool in aviation: the checklist. After the engines failed, the crew did not react spontaneously. Rather, they had been trained to immediately employ a series of checklists to ensure that the correct actions were performed in the correct sequence to safely and efficiently solve the problem. That same year, in his best-selling book ...References1. Gawande A.. The Checklist Manifesto—How to Get Things Right. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company New York 2009. Google Scholar2. Weiser TG, Haynes AB. Ten years of the surgical safety checklist. Br J Surg. 2018;105:927-929. [PMID: 29770959] doi:10.1002/bjs.10907 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Gupta A, Snyder A, Kachalia A, Flanders S, Saint S, Chopra V. Malpractice claims related to diagnostic errors in the hospital. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018;27:53-60. [PMID: 28794243] doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006774 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Ely JW, Graber ML, Croskerry P. Checklists to reduce diagnostic errors. Acad Med. 2011;86:307-13. [PMID: 21248608] doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e31820824cd CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Accessed at www.improvediagnosis.org on 19 February 2019. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (A.G.)Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, Evanston, Illinois (M.L.G.)Disclosures: The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M19-0829.Corresponding Author: Ashwin Gupta, MD, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, 2215 Fuller Road, Mail Code 111, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; e-mail: [email protected]umich.edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAnnals for Hospitalists - 16 April 2019 David H. Wesorick and Vineet Chopra Metrics Cited byImpact of diagnostic checklists on the interpretation of normal and abnormal electrocardiogramsEffect on diagnostic accuracy of cognitive reasoning tools for the workplace setting: systematic review and meta-analysisDiagnostic reasoning in cardiovascular medicineMethods Used by General Practitioners to Interpret Chest Radiographs at District Hospitals in the City of Tshwane, South Africa 16 April 2019Volume 170, Issue 8Page: HO2-HO3KeywordsAcute myocardial infarctionDiagnostic medicineInpatientsIschemiaRiversSafetySafety studiesShinglesThoraxVeteran care ePublished: 16 April 2019 Issue Published: 16 April 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...