TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Patient Safety and Quality Assurance in Obstetrics A1 - Gomes, Megan M. A2 - Posner, Glenn D. A2 - Black, Amanda Y. A2 - Jones, Griffith A2 - El-Chaâr, Darine Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 7e AB - Patient safety is a global concern and landmark publications and reports have highlighted the extent of concerns present in health care systems. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the ground-breaking report “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” which estimates that between 44,000 and 98,000 hospital deaths per year are due to medical error. The Canadian Adverse Events Study reported a 7.5 percent incidence rate of adverse events in Canadian hospitals. Among the adverse events reported, 36.9 percent were judged to be preventable and 20.8 percent resulted in a patient death. It is estimated that one in 10 patients in high-income countries are harmed while receiving care in a hospital setting. Patient safety incidents also represent a significant financial burden on the health care system across the world. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193315457 ER -