A systematic approach to the identification and classification of near-miss events on labor and delivery in a large, national health care system

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 441-445

  Clark, Steven L ^a   Meyers, Janet A ^a   Frye, Donna R ^a   McManus, Kathryn ^a   Perlin, Jonathan B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

mediation error; near miss; patient safety

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABOR; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869498916     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.09.011     Document Type: Review

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