Friction - Safeguarding Safety in Labor and Delivery: Preventing Errors Through Standardization and Intelligent Systems

Every ten minutes, a laboring woman or her baby is exposed to preventable harm from a system that could be smarter, safer, and more accountable.

Labor and delivery should be the safest place in any hospital. Yet, it remains one of the most error-prone environments in modern medicine.

High stakes, time-critical decisions, and fragmented communication make it fertile ground for preventable harm. Unlike other hospital units, obstetric teams manage two patients at once—the mother and her baby—often a…