Checking the lists: a systematic review of electronic checklist use in health care. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Checking the lists: a systematic review of electronic checklist use in health care. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published September 2016

Checking the lists: a systematic review of electronic checklist use in health care.

Kramer HS, Drews FA. J Biomed Inform. 2016 Sep 10; [Epub ahead of print].

Checklists are widely utilized in health care to improve patient safety. In this systematic review, investigators examined the use of electronic checklists in health care. They recommend that further research should focus on implementation and checklist design.

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