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| Alexander F ArriagaSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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The better colectomy project: association of evidence-based best-practice adherence rates to outcomes in colorectal surgeryAlexander F Arriaga
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Surg 250:507-13. 2009..To evaluate whether adherence to evidence-based best practices in colorectal surgery predicts improved postoperative outcomes...
A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborativeAlexander F Arriaga
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Ann Surg 253:849-54. 2011..To develop and evaluate an intervention to reduce breakdowns in communication during inpatient surgical care...
Protecting patients from an unsafe system: the etiology and recovery of intraoperative deviations in careYue Yung Hu
Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Ann Surg 256:203-10. 2012..To understand the etiology and resolution of unanticipated events in the operating room (OR)...
Deconstructing intraoperative communication failuresYue Yung Hu
Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Surg Res 177:37-42. 2012..Communication failure is a common contributor to adverse events. We sought to characterize communication failures during complex operations...
War stories: a qualitative analysis of narrative teaching strategies in the operating roomYue Yung Hu
Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Surg 203:63-8. 2012..quot;War stories" are commonplace in surgical education, yet little is known about their purpose, construct, or use in the education of trainees...
Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testingJohn E Ziewacz
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 213:212-217.e10. 2011..Because operating room crises are rare events, failure to adhere to critical management steps is common. We sought to develop and pilot a tool to improve adherence to lifesaving measures during operating room crises...
Postgame analysis: using video-based coaching for continuous professional developmentYue Yung Hu
Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 214:115-24. 2012..We describe a pilot study of a scalable video-based intervention, providing individualized feedback on intraoperative performance...
