RT Book, Section
A1 Gomes, Megan M.
A2 Posner, Glenn D.
A2 Black, Amanda Y.
A2 Jones, Griffith
A2 El-Chaâr, Darine
SR Print(0)
ID 1193315457
T1 Patient Safety and Quality Assurance in Obstetrics
T2 Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 7e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019414
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193315457
RD 2024/09/12
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.