Another benefit of a “laborist”:
Besides improving patient care, a laborist can lower a hospital’s malpractice liability and insurance premiums, says Louis Weinstein, ob/gyn department chair at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
“If a laborist prevents one lawsuit every five years, he’s paid for himself,” says Weinstein, who’s promoted the use of these specialists.






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