The Operating Room Crisis Checklists are a compendium of 17 checklists to guide surgical teams during unexpected, critical events in the OR.

By Anupama Murthy, MD; Mary Brindle, MD, MPH; Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH; and George Molina, MD, MPH Twelve years ago, the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist was introduced in a publication in The New England Journal of Medicine, sparking a worldwide movement to improve the culture of surgical safety. A major study in Scotland subsequently indicated that the use… Continue reading Improving the Implementation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist

Resources to help health systems and providers navigate the impact of COVID-19 to ensure the safety of patients and the health care workforce.

By James C. Etheridge, MD, and Christy E. Cauley, MD, MPH The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to worsen existing disparities in the delivery of surgical care. Millions of elective operations have been postponed or cancelled as resources are taxed and safety concerns mount.¹ This unprecedented backlog of operations has forced surgeons, hospitals, and healthcare systems to… Continue reading Addressing disparities in surgical care during COVID-19: Zara Cooper discusses the Equity Dashboard at Brigham and Women’s Hospital