From 2007-2009, Brian Wagner, M.D., from the North Shore-Long
Island Jewish Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., and colleagues looked at
whether implementation of a multistep, multicomponent PSI would decrease
adverse outcomes. The initiatives the group took included: team training
stressing communication, a program simulating high-risk obstetrical
emergencies, evidence-based protocols, standardizing electronic fetal
monitoring with requisite documentation of competence, and distribution of an
integrated educational program among all health care providers.
After examinations, it was found that the Adverse Outcome Index
decreased from 2.0 to 0.8 percent within the first year. During the two year period,
the number sustained. With this, birth trauma and rates of return to the
operating room also decreased over time. Staff perceptions of safety, when it
came to perinatal, dramatically improved as well.
At Snyder & Wenner we
strive to keep the community safe when hospital care is involved. We have become
patient safety advocates by representing patients who have been harmed from
hospital error. If you know someone who has been seriously harmed from a
hospital error please feel free to contact us. The Snyder & Wenner website
can be accessed by clicking the "Patient Safety Advocates" tab
above.
Snyder & Wenner, P.C.
602-224-0005
Snyder & Wenner, P.C.
602-224-0005
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