The Library
The books behind the guides.
Every guide is built from these books and cites them per claim. Here they are on their own — what each argues, the ideas it contributes, and the guides it grounds. 8 books.
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A surgeon shows how a simple, well-designed checklist can tame the extreme complexity of modern professional work and dramatically reduce avoidable failure.
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A physician-scientist shows how simple checklists, cultural change, and rigorous measurement can virtually eliminate preventable hospital harm and save thousands of lives.
Hardwiring Excellence Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference
A former hospital executive turned coach lays out a prescriptive, principle-based system for permanently embedding service and operational excellence into healthcare organizations by reconnecting staff to purpose, worthwhile work, and making a difference.
The Checklist Manifesto
A surgeon shows how a simple, well-designed checklist can tame the extreme complexity of modern professional work and dramatically reduce avoidable failure.
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A comprehensive guide for healthcare leaders to apply Lean principles, derived from the Toyota Production System, to transform hospital operations, improve patient safety and quality, increase employee engagement, and reduce waste and costs.
Lean hospitals improving quality, patient safety, and employee engagement
A comprehensive guide for healthcare leaders to apply Lean principles, derived from the Toyota Production System, to transform hospital operations, improve patient safety and quality, increase employee engagement, and reduce waste and costs.
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A former hospital executive turned coach lays out a prescriptive, principle-based system for permanently embedding service and operational excellence into healthcare organizations by reconnecting staff to purpose, worthwhile work, and making a difference.
Safe patients, smart hospitals how one doctors checklist can help us change health care from the inside out
A physician-scientist shows how simple checklists, cultural change, and rigorous measurement can virtually eliminate preventable hospital harm and save thousands of lives.