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View article: Impact of an Educational Program and Decision Tool on Choice of Maternity Hospital: The Delivery Decisions Randomized Clinical Trial
Impact of an Educational Program and Decision Tool on Choice of Maternity Hospital: The Delivery Decisions Randomized Clinical Trial Open
Background: Reducing cesarean rates is a public health priority. To help pregnant people select hospitals with lower cesarean rates, numerous organizations publish hospital cesarean rate data. Few pregnant people use these data when decidi…
View article: Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study
Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study Open
Background TeamBirth was designed to promote best practices in shared decision making (SDM) among care teams for people giving birth. Although leading health organizations recommend SDM to address gaps in quality of care, these recommendat…
View article: Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth Open
Background Shared decision‐making (SDM) may improve communication, teamwork, patient experience, respectful maternity care, and safety during childbirth. Despite these benefits, SDM is not widely implemented, and strategies for implementin…
View article: The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor Open
Background Despite evidence that communication and teamwork are critical to patient safety, few care processes have been intentionally designed for this purpose in labor and delivery. The purpose of this project was to design an intrapartu…
View article: An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Facility Design and the Provision of Childbirth Care
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Facility Design and the Provision of Childbirth Care Open
Introduction Across health care, facility design has been shown to significantly affect quality of care; however, in maternity care, the mechanisms of how facility design affects provision of care are understudied. We aim to identify and i…
View article: How do pregnant women use quality measures when choosing their obstetric provider?
How do pregnant women use quality measures when choosing their obstetric provider? Open
Background Given increased public reporting of the wide variation in hospital obstetric quality, we sought to understand how women incorporate quality measures into their selection of an obstetric hospital. Methods We surveyed 6141 women t…