Jamie Ly

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Summary: The Checklist Manifesto–Chapter 4: The Idea

The building industry delegates power to resolve complex situations. This is important when there are problems that are difficult to plan for. Gawande says, “In response to risk, most authorities tend to centralize power and decision making.” This typical response was disatrous for New Orleans when Katrina hit. State and Federal officials refused to cede […]

in Books | 306 Words

Summary: The Checklist Manifesto – Chapter 3 The Checklist

Complicated problems can be broken down into simple ones, with simple steps to follow but there are always unexpected issues that can arise. How are buildings constructed? There are many specialized individuals performing discrete tasks, yet you rarely hear of a building falling down. Gawande visits Joe Salvia, part of the construction firm McNamara/Salvia. Salvia […]

in Books | 398 Words

Summary: The Checklist Manifesto–Chapter 2 The Checklist

The B-17 was the most sophisticated, but complicated, airplane of its time. Boeing lost a government contract to Douglas due to its complexity. To make it flyable, they created a pilot’s checklist. Pilots had never needed them before, but they helped to fly increasingly complex machines. In every hospital, four vital signs are checked constantly: […]

in Books | 245 Words

Summary: The Checklist Manifesto–Chapter 1 The Problem of Extreme Complexity

A Swiss rural hospital in Klagenfurt manages to save a girl who drowned in icy water via a complex series of coordinated actions involving the dispatchers, EMTs, nurses, and doctors. Medicine has been getting increasingly complicated with many different specialties, and specialties within specialties. In addition, doctors see patients having many different maladies, prescribing many […]

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Summary: The Checklist Manifesto – Introduction

Gawande’s friend tells him about a patient that came in with a stab wound. The doctors treat it like a normal wound, but it actually came from a bayonet, causing deep damage. No one had remembered to ask what the type of weapon was. He then asks Gawande to diagnose a patient who goes asystole […]

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Summary: The Checklist Manifesto – How to Get Things Right Summary

The Checklist Manifesto – How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande Introduction The Problem of Extreme Complexity The Checklist The End of the Master Builder The Idea The First Try The Checklist Factory The Test The Hero in the Age of Checklists The Save Summary The book offers a lot of great anecdotes about […]

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