Systematic approaches to adverse events in obstetrics, Part I: Event identification and classification

Despite our best intentions to improve health when a patient presents for care, adverse events are ubiquitous in medical practice today. Known complications related to the course of a patient ’s illness or condition or to the characteristics of the treatment have been an openly stated part of taking care of patients for centuries. However, it is only in the past decade that preventable adverse events, instances of harm related to error and deviations in accepted practice have become a primary part of these conversations.

Source: Seminars in Perinatology - May 23, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Christian M. Pettker Source Type: research