A call for safety: anticipating and mitigating risk across an obstetrics and gynecology service line.
Labor and delivery units are high-risk care environments. This article describes the development and implementation of a weekly obstetrics and gynecology Safety Call at one large health system. The Safety Call provides leadership across the 10 maternity hospitals an opportunity to promote proactive preparation, improve communication, increase situational awareness, and share safety concerns or other issues facing each hospital. Implementation of the Safety Call contributed to a 19% decrease in a composite measure of adverse events.