Peter Pronovost Quotes & Sayings

Medicine today invests heavily in information technology, yet the promised improvement in patient safety and productivity frankly have not been realized, — Peter Pronovost

One study concluded that there were 1.7 errors per patient per day in America's ICUs. Of these errors, 29 percent could have caused clinically significant harm or death. Given that the average ICU length of stay is three days, this research suggests that nearly all patients hospitalized in the ICU sustain a potentially life-threatening mistake at some point during their stay. — Peter Pronovost

It has been shown in business meetings that once a person has been given the opportunity to speak, that person is more likely to speak up again during the meeting. — Peter Pronovost

Quality without science and research is absurd. You can't make inferences that something works when you have 60 percent missing data. — Peter Pronovost