Can cost-effective health care = better health care?
[Winter 2010] Cost-effectiveness research pinpoints best values for limited health care dollars—and the results may surprise you An interview with Harvard School of Public Health’s Milton Weinstein offers some revealing insights into how the U.S. health care system could save…
HSPH investigators help lead H1N1 research and response
[Fall 2009] Catching the flu before it catches the world As a new influenza pandemic this spring set off alarms in the global health community, Harvard School of Public Health scholars helped illuminate the crisis and lead a…
Hospital pilot sites demonstrate surgical safety checklist drops deaths and complications by more than one third
Dramatic Findings Spur Effort at Rapid Implementation in Most American Hospitals; Nationwide Programs Already Established in Four Countries For immediate release: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Boston, MA - A collection of hospitals in eight cities around the globe…
19 steps to safer surgery
[ Fall 2008 ] The World Health Organization's surgical checklist view full-size pdf of the WHO surgical checklist This first edition of the WHO's surgical safety checklist has been endorsed by more than 200 professional medical associations worldwide and 20…
A simple checklist that saves lives
[ Fall 2008 ] Fighter pilots use checklists to avoid deadly errors. Why not surgeons, too? So complex was the new B-17 bomber introduced during World War II that a star aviator crashed the mighty aircraft during its demonstration flight.…
WHO and HSPH Collaborate for Safe Surgery Checklists to Prevent Deaths and Injuries
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Boston, MA-- The World Health Organization and collaborators from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have launched a Safe Surgery initiative to introduce new safety checklists for surgical teams to use…
