Dr. Rob Hackett (@patientsafe3) on #TheatreCapChallenge & Change in Healthcare

Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond · May 15, 2019 · 1h 6m

http://www.leanblog.org/341

My guest for Episode #341 of the podcast is Dr. Rob Hackett, an anaesthesiologist in Sydney, Australia. Rob has become known around the world for his role in what's now called the “Theatre Cap Challenge” — a method for improving communication and, thereby, improving patient safety and outcomes.

As we talk about today, Rob had the idea of writing his name and role on his surgical cap with a sharpie. Eventually, he (and others) have gotten printed caps made as shown below in my LinkedIn post about our discussion (it has received 200,000 views and counting).

As I…