Reflections on the Canadian MOREOB obstetrical risk management programme

In, 2001, the Patient Safety Division of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada initiated and championed a new program to improve patient safety performance in Canadian hospital obstetric units. This new program was developed under the banner of Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently and called the MORE(OB) Programme The MORE(OB) Programme was first piloted in Canadian hospitals at the beginning of May 2002 and, by mid 2004, …