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...result of the findings, Gawande says, the U.K.'s National Health Service sent an alert to all of its hospitals, calling on them to use the surgical checklist. Five U.S. states - New York, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina and Indiana - have endorsed it and plan to require hospitals to use...
That's quite different from the initial federal response to Pronovost's lists. In 2003 Pronovost persuaded the state of Michigan to use three of his checklists in its intensive-care units. He worked with hospitals to overcome resistance from the staff to what appeared to be "more paperwork." He published the results of that study in the New England Journal of Medicine: a 66% reduction in infections and an estimated $175 million saved by not having to treat them...
...Paulson, but that doesn't mean "he would have done things exactly the way [Paulson] did them," says a source. Geithner, for example, wants to overhaul the dysfunctional, taxpayer-funded Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) - initially intended to buy bad assets from banks. The new Administration wants to use the final $350 billion of the bailout program to reduce the number of home foreclosures and funnel additional capital directly to banks and other lenders...
...When serving, pour out all of the tea. The remaining leaves will be relatively dry and ready to use again. The water penetrates deeper into the leaves with each infusion, revealing new flavors...
...cream. No bells-and-whistles entertainment system, but a TV discreetly placed in each room and a library of children's DVDs to choose from. And in the restaurant, no culinary chemistry of foams or jus, just a beautifully simple $42 four-course dinner that makes liberal use of the figs, olives, oranges and lamb grown and bred on the farm...