Publication: www.AJOG.org
Date: June 2010
Author: G. Eric Knox, MD; Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RN
Abstract
Perinatal high reliability is achievable with principles of high reliability organizations. Key organizational, leadership, and clinical characteristics that are essential for developing and sustaining a highly reliable perinatal unit are presented. Interdisciplinary collaboration and commitment to safe care that are founded on standardization are the hallmarks of perinatal high reliability.
