In a recent study published in New England Journal Of Medicine

It concludes that :

Implementation of the checklist was associated with concomitant reductions in the rates of death and complications among patients at least 16 years of age who were undergoing noncardiac surgery in a diverse group of hospitals.

The simple Checklist

While this shows that Simple surgical checklist like the one used in Airline industry can indeed reduce fatalities and also help in cost reduction.

Implementation of technology can indeed help as an additional tool in reduction of Surgical errors and also costs in delivery of health care.While technology need not be high tech.. or next generation,simple tools can be used which can have significant benefits.

What about patients?Does compliance and well maintained Medical records can also help in reduction of health care costs and help patients to better manage their health?

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