The Value of Maternity Management in Mitigating Legal Risk

By Claire Thayer, February 4, 2015

Almost 85% of women in the U.S. receive maternity services when giving birth. According to a report presented by Childbirth Connection, "Maternity Care and Liability: Pressing Problems, Substantive Solutions," childbirth is the nation's leading reason for hospitalization and most expensive hospital condition. It is also estimated that 19 of 3,000 hospital births result in an adverse outcome. The importance of maternity management in mitigating legal risk is the focus of MCOL's infoGraphoid this week:

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