{"product_id":"the-checklist-manifesto-how-to-get-things-right","title":"The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist  We live in a world of great and increasing complexity  where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training  ever more advanced technologiesneither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn  acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force  checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world  helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery  a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third.  In riveting stories  Gawande takes us from Austria  where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater  to Michigan  where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine  from homeland security to investment banking  skyscraper construction  and businesses of all kinds.  An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference  The Checklist Manifesto is essential reading for anyone working to get things right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955037204533,"sku":"ByrdShop_1427208980","price":30.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781427208989.jpg?v=1770296663","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-checklist-manifesto-how-to-get-things-right","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}