Patient safety in obstetricsthe Hospital Corporation of America experience

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-287

  Clark, Steven L ^a   Meyers, Janet A ^a   Frye, Donna K ^a   Perlin, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

checklists; litigation; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COOPERATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALPRACTICE; NEONATOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; NEONATOLOGY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 79953283439     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.12.034     Document Type: Review

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