Genghis,
I ordered a copy of "The Checklist Manifesto" the day you suggested it. It only arrived this morning. I just finished it. A pretty darned good read and I really liked the medical aspect. I've already sent an e-mail to my co-workers to go buy it, only one of whom out of a group of 15 had previously heard of it.
Thank-you for your other suggestions. Looking back on the document I'm building, I had gone down many of the paths you had suggested without realizing it. That is to say, it seemed the most sensible and logical way of doing it.