10 checklists for patients—all in one book

When her diabetic father was hospitalized, Elizabeth Bailey realized the importance of having a system to handle the “chaos” of the in-patient experience, says a ShreveportTimes.com article.

This health advocacy graduate student and hospital patient representative has created a book of 10 checklists for hospital patients—including “before you go,” “what to what to bring,” medication lists, family-, friend- and physician-contact lists, and more.

Bailey’s book is " The Patient's Checklist: 10 Simple Hospital Checklists to Keep You Safe, Sane & Organized ." 

More patient checklists

Bailey isn’t the only one providing checklists for patient safety. In December, Peter Provonost, director of the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality in Baltimore, shared a patient safety checklist on his blog.

Provonost’s post includes links to other checklists, such as this one from CampaignZero.org.

Do you provide checklists on your hospital website or share them using social media? How have you found such lists can help the patient, the health care providers and the patient’s family with a patient’s care?