A Series - Friction: When Medical Culture Resists Patient Safety. The Introduction
A series about improving quality on labor & delivery and the obstacles being placed.
When I took over in charge for a Labor and Delivery unit over three decades ago, our outcomes were unremarkable, not terrible, not excellent, just persistently average in ways that meant preventable harm was quietly, steadily occurring. Our cesarean rate hovered at 35%. Our NICU admission rate for term infants without clear indication was double what th…
