title: Safety, efficacy, and complexities in ART practice: physician commentary.
abstract: There are few patient care processes for which a team approach is more important than for assisted reproduction. Close, continuous communication is required at many levels among physicians, nursing staff, therapists, the various laboratories, and patients. Quality of care is associated with the reduction of medical errors through processes of risk management, mechanisms to allow the safe evolution of assisted reproductive technology care within the clinic, and how clinics ethically communicate with team members and with patients through informed consent and direct and honest interaction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1709 Dryden Rd, Ste 1141, Houston, TX 77030, USA. gibbons@bcm.edu
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Gibbons
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D012308:Risk Management