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• Malpractice Risks in Obstetrics Everyone expects a perfect outcome
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  Malpractice Risks in Obstetrics

  

  January 1, 2010

  Obstetrics leaders who only implement risk reduction initiatives in hindsight—or based on a single event—may be misinformed and misdirected. CRICO’s study of more than 800 obstetrics-related malpractice cases offers an opportunity to proactively identify unseen risk factors and sharpen the focus for patient safety efforts.

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• CRICO OB Patient Safety Program Open to all CRICO-insured obstetricians (attendings and residents).
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  CRICO OB Patient Safety Program

  February 22, 2021

  FOR OBSTETRICIANS: this voluntary program entitles CRICO-insured providers to remain in a lower premium underwriting specialty category for each year in which they complete specific risk reduction activities.

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• Distraction, Poor Planning for OB Patient Fetal bradycardia forced an emergency C-section, but the family claimed the care team should have been more prepared
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  Distraction, Poor Planning for OB Patient

  

  July 20, 2016

  Language barrier, distraction, and lack of planning contributed to a delay in treating fetal distress. In this case study, a baby is born with deficits, and the settlement against an OB is over $1 million.

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• Standards for Residents Same as Senior Physicians Patients expect same outcome
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  Standards for Residents Same as Senior Physicians

  

  July 13, 2016

  A number of important legal rulings have held that attendings are not responsible for the acts of other health care professionals. But they must assign tasks appropriate to the individual's range of capabilities and provide adequate supervision. Where a resident is permitted to perform a procedure or oversee a course of treatment, these cases show that the patient and the courts will expect that the resident is at a level of training and experience to adequately do so.

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