title: Perinatal high reliability.
abstract: Perinatal high reliability is achievable with principles of high reliability organizations. Key organizational, leadership, and clinical characteristics that are essential for developing and sustaining a highly reliable perinatal unit are presented. Interdisciplinary collaboration and commitment to safe care that are founded on standardization are the hallmarks of perinatal high reliability.
authors.affiliation: PeriGen, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: G Eric
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*