Procedural Timeout Compliance Is Improved With Real-Time Clinical Decision Support.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to assess compliance with a presurgical safety checklist before and after the institution of a surgical flight board displaying a surgical safety checklist with embedded real-time clinical decision support (CDS). We hypothesized that the institution of a surgical flight board with embedded real-time data support would improve compliance with the presurgical safety checklist.

Methods: In this prospective, observational trial, surgeon-led procedural timeout compliance for 300 procedures was studied.