Could the straightforward checklists used by airline pilots also help save lives in the operating room? Dr. Atul Gawande's book, "The Checklist Manifesto," examines how lists can reduce risk in the ...

“It is common to misconceive how checklists function in complex lines of work. They are not comprehensive how-to guides … they are quick and simple tools aimed to buttress the skills of expert ...

Surgeon and MacArthur fellow Gawande applies his gift for dulcet prose to medical and ethical dilemmas in this collection of 12 original and previously published essays adapted from theNew England ...

In The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande describes why well-designed checklists improve outcomes. Doctors, pilots, investment managers, and allocators all employ checklists to hone their daily craft.

How to Get Things Right, by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan, 209 pp., $24. Sometimes a deeply complex problem has a deceptively simple answer. That is the underlying message of Atul Gawande's "The ...

Speaking about dealing with unexpected challenges in medicine, Atul Gawande — a surgeon who writes for The New Yorker when he's not at his day job at Harvard Medical School — relates a story about a ...

Checklists can help IT consultants bring order to the chaotic and hectic environment in which they frequently operate. Here are tips on implementing checklists. In The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get ...