UC Care Check-A Postoperative Neurosurgery Operating Room Checklist: An Interrupted Time Series Study.

Background: The effectiveness of neurosurgical operating room (OR) checklists to improve communication, safety attitudes, and clinical outcomes is uncertain.

Purpose: To develop, implement, and evaluate a post-operative neurosurgery operating room checklist.

Methods: Four large academic medical centers participated in this study.

The Impact of Unmet Communication and Education Needs on Neurosurgical Patient and Caregiver Experiences of Care: A Qualitative Exploratory Analysis.

Objective: To describe neurosurgical patient and caregiver perceptions of provider communication, the impact of patient education, and their understanding of information given to them throughout the neurosurgical care trajectory.

Methods: We organized focus groups composed of patients who had been hospitalized on the neurosurgical service at 5 urban academic tertiary referral hospitals within a large university health system, along with the patients' caregivers. During focus groups, we used semistructured questions to answer the study questions.