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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by maxerickson on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @12:56PM (#11629684)
A key aspect of that checklist program was that nurses were empowered to make sure doctors followed the checklist. Doctors are resistant to adopting such programs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pronovost#Work

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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by Eric_WVGG on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @04:39PM (#11631561)
There’s a related bit regarding pilots and copilots. http://www.publicspeakingtoolkit.com/ethnic-theory-of-plane-...

(take w/ the usual Gladwell-grain-of-salt)

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