Official portrait of Atul Gawande

Quality Pioneer

Atul Gawande

Safety · Systems · Checklists

Surgeon, writer, and public-health leader known for advancing safer systems, implementation, and the use of checklists in healthcare.

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Contribution to quality

Surgeon, writer, and public-health leader known for advancing safer systems, implementation, and the use of checklists in healthcare. This profile introduces the ideas most closely associated with this pioneer and explains how healthcare teams can use them as a starting point for learning and improvement.

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