The UK Obstetric Surveillance System is a national system that allows for the collection of information on a range of rare disorders of pregnancy, enabling national descriptive, case-control and cohort…
Measuring the quality of inpatient obstetrical care has generated considerable interest in recent years. Numerous quality measures have been proposed by national and international programmes and by obstetrics societies; however,…
User engagement is defined as a mutual exchange of information between the patient and the health professional, which has shown to improve patient experience as well as outcomes. Engaging the…
Sepsis is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. In the UK, sepsis is now the leading cause of direct maternal deaths. Raising awareness among healthcare professionals about…
Poor teamwork results in preventable morbidity and mortality for mothers and babies. Suboptimal communication and lack of leadership cost not only lives but also money that is diverted from clinical…
In, 2001, the Patient Safety Division of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada initiated and championed a new program to improve patient safety performance in Canadian hospital obstetric…
In the past 2 decades, a gradual shift has taken place from the ‘person approach’ to patient safety (in which the individual clinician at the sharp end is blamed for…
Prenatal screening and diagnosis are integral to antenatal care worldwide. Prospective parents are offered screening for common fetal chromosomal and structural congenital malformations. In most developed countries, prenatal screening is…
Widespread use of fetal heart rate monitoring for intrapartum fetal surveillance preceded our detailed understanding of the behaviour and regulation of the fetal cardiovascular system during labour. The fetal heart…
A crucial element in the delivery of high-quality health care is patient safety. The rate of adverse events among hospital patients is an indication of patient safety. A systematic review…
