The shortcut has been in our psyche since most of us can remember. It often is a deviation from the conventional as a means to get somewhere or do something to save time. Time is precious, and ...

Thomas Schares, MD, MBA, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia who serves as chief of anesthesiology for Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., discusses the phenomenon known as ...

The "normalization of deviance" is a gradual process where unacceptable practices become standard because they are repeated without immediate catastrophic consequences, driven by human rationalization ...

Normalization of deviance is the gradual acceptance of substandard practices, often rationalized, which can lead to a dangerous decline in safety and potentially accidents in aviation. Flight ...

The urgency of now affects us – like the proverbial moth to a flame, scurrying to address whatever issue lights up in front of us at this moment. In some instances, that posture is merely a matter of ...

Normalization of deviance is, well, normal. That’s why infection preventionists (IP) and perioperative leaders must continue to team up to ad-ress it. Normalization of deviance works like this: when ...