Charlie Baker wonders why this simple, effective, cost-saving tool isn’t used more often.
The answer is incentives. Hospitals won’t change unless there is a financial motive to do so. If you give bonuses, or penalize, hospitals that use checklists or not, I guarantee you’ll get results.






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