Communication plays key role in OB patient expectations

✍ Scribed by Kathleen Shostek; Christine Clark

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 264 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1074-4797
• DOI: 10.1002/jhrm.5600280405

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Obstetrics is a medical specialty with high profe sional liability exposure. Every aspect of an adverse OB outcome has become an opportunity for a legal review. Common root causes in adverse outcomes include communication failure, poor teamwork, and system failures. Indeed, poor communication is a significant factor in OB‐related malpractice claims. This excerpt from the booklet Risk Management Pearls for Obstetrics highlights those causes (particularly poor communications) and provides strategies to address them.