Decreasing Malpractice Claims by Reducing Preventable Perinatal Harm

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 2453-2471

  Riley, William ^a   Meredith, Les W ^b   Price, Rebecca ^b   Miller, Kristi K ^c   Begun, James W ^d   McCullough, Mac ^a   Davis, Stanley ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Premier Insurance Management Services   (United States)

^c UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

care bundles; in situ simulation training; patient safety; Perinatal malpractice claims; perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

CARE BUNDLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALPRACTICE; MANAGER; PATIENT SAFETY; SIMULATION TRAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; STUDY DESIGN; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84994495049     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12551     Document Type: Article

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