The Joint Commission will begin publicly reporting hospitals with consistently high NTSV cesarean birth rates on Quality Check® by July 1, 2020, using data reported by hospitals during the calendar…
AJOG has published a two-part article on the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines for perioperative care in cesarean delivery that provides best practice, evidenced-based, recommendations for preoperative, intraoperative, and…
As part of the Cesarean Section Quality Initiative, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority has released the SFY2018 c-section rates. The overall SoonerCare c-section rate for FY2018 was 31.3%. The primary…
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Every Week Counts ended in 2014, but the effort to eliminate early elective deliveries continues. As an annual update, the Office of Perinatal Quality Improvement created a report sent to…
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A prospective cohort study of first births in Pennsylvania, USA Kristen H. Kjerulff PhD, MA1 | Laura B. Attanasio PhD2 |Joyce K. Edmonds PhD, MPH, RN3 | Katy B. Kozhimannil…
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It is easy to get into a rut in life. Unfortunately, this seems to be the pattern in many American maternity units. During the last several decades, rates of interventions—in…
The Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care is pleased to announce the National Improvement Video Challenge, an innovative opportunity for institutions to share how they have utilized the…
The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) is pleased to announce the release of its newest toolkit. Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesareans: The Toolkit is a…
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