Hopefully, medicine will look to other high risk industries with improved safety records and adopt best practices or rigorously enforce its own regulations to eliminate multiple distractions that plague OR physicians and staff.

It is important for hospitals and health systems to evaluate their own obstetrical risks.

Obstetrics is a high-risk specialty in which emergencies are, to some extent, inevitable. Giving providers the opportunity to “work out the kinks” through simulation exercises and mock drills, is one of the greatest gifts we can give our staff and our patients.

If ever there was a conundrum, the post-hospitalization discharge, with its often intricate and difficult problems, is one.

Having proper training in how to speak to a patient and family after an adverse outcome is important to supporting the patient, reestablishing trust, and limiting malpractice liability.