Background: This book covers topics around the quality care and risk mitigation approaches in Obstetrics and hospital management procedures. Obstetrics is the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth. Obstetrics services is the umbrella organization that deals with Obstetrics care of the mother and the baby as well. Within the Obstetrics services, Obstetricians, midwives, and general practitioners provide the care as well as the involvement of anaesthetists, haematologists, paediatricians, and radiologists become imperative. The viewpoints of patients and the trust managers are also included in for the complete picture.

Purpose:

This book brings the processes, procedures, lean management practices, rules/regulations around reporting, risk management procedures, EBM, Audit management, to the forefront. It briefs on the recent developments in treatment options and lean management in medical field. Maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity are the burning problems since ages. To reduce MMR, FMR is the main aim for all working in this field and can be done by quality care. The book helps in enhancing knowledge, detailing the risks, and elaborating the processes involved in providing quality care.

The readers, management staff at hospitals, doctors, nurses etc, can understand the day-to-day problems and solutioning process. They will also learn about the application of lean management principles for faster, better resolution process and make the system better and efficient.