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Perioperative team collaboration and surgical quality resources
“Shift left” is a software development term that means finding software mistakes early (thus "shifting left" in the timeline), before these mistakes become very costly. Chiefy brings this approach, and other Agile software development principles, to surgery - engaging earlier to correct errors, before they cause waste or harm.
Ber, R., London, D., Senan, S., Youssefi, Y., Harter, D. H., Golfinos, J. G., & Pacione, D. (2021). Perioperative team communication through a mobile app for improving coordination and education in neurosurgery cases, Journal of Neurosurgery (published online ahead of print 2021) https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.4.JNS21485
2021
Dreyfus, D, Nair, A, Rosales, C. The impact of planning and communication on unplanned costs in surgical episodes of care: Implications for reducing waste in hospital operating rooms. J Oper Manag. 2020; 66: 91– 111. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1070
2020
Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module | The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) toolkit
2020
Statement on Patient Safety in the Operating Room: Team Care | The American College of Surgeons (ACS)
2018
Zygourakis, C. C., Yoon, S., Valencia, V., Boscardin, C., Moriates, C., Gonzales, R., & Lawton, M. T. (2017). Operating room waste: disposable supply utilization in neurosurgical procedures, Journal of Neurosurgery JNS, 126(2), 620-625. from https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.2.JNS152442
2017
Changing our culture to advance patient safety | The AANS Presidential Address
Mitchel S. Berger M.D., Robert M. Wachter M.D., S. Ryan Greysen M.D., M.H.S., and Catherine Y. Lau M.D. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24289847
2013
To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System | Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America
2000
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