Checklist Saves Lives But is Banned
I wrote about this amazingly stupid government decision to stop research into imporving patient care by using a checklist, but I came across this link to the New Yorker magazine article, so I thought I should include it here:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande
If you agree that this is outrageous, write the White House, your Congressman, and your Senator.
Use these links:
Contact the President and Vice-President about this at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Write your Congressman about this by using the following link:
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml
Write your Senator at this link:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm