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Although having the checklist on hand improved compliance by surgical teams - 57% of the teams involved in the study carried out all six checklist items, up from 34% before the study began - there were many teams that did not adhere completely to the list. That's why Dr. Peter Pronovost, who won a MacArthur "genius" award for creating the concept of medical checklists and studying them in intensive-care units, remains skeptical of the study's remarkable results. "I wish checklists were Harry Potter's magic wand, but they're not," he says. "The behavior changed trivially, not enough...
...Bruges) and England's Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) received the top prizes for acting in a comedy. And the late Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight, was declared best supporting actor, increasing his chances to become only the second actor to win a posthumous Oscar. The first was Peter Finch, who won the Best Actor Oscar for 1976's Network. (See pictures of TIME's favorite animated movies...
...whether to become only the second municipality in the country to reject federal funding for Homeland Security cameras. The only city that has done so to date is Washington, D.C. —Staff wroter Sarah J. Howland can be reached at showland@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Peter F. Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...
...students, volunteers at HSHS, who would help make his dream of attending college a reality. PREPARING FOR “D-DAY”In January 2008, Yelbi arrived at HSHS having exhausted the group of friends who had, for months, allowed him to sleep their floors and couches. Peter N. Ganong ’09, one of the shelter’s directors, remembers the first time that he met Yelbi. “The first time saw him, he was reading a Wikipedia page in French on the computer at the shelter.”The moment...
...group that paced this dominating performance late was made up of Lin, Miller, Pusar, freshman Peter Boehm, and classmate Oliver McNally. All five stayed on from the 9:40 mark until the game became a free throw shooting contest in the final minute. For most, it was their standout game of the season...