Perinatal Safety Initiative:
A Collaborative Approach
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Prevent birth-related injuries. Join Premier's second Perinatal Safety Initiative today.
We are currently recruiting hospitals to join Premier's second Perinatal Safety Initiative, scheduled to begin in September 2009 with on-site hospital assessment visits. For more information, contact Kathy Connolly, Principal of Women's Services at 704.733.5096 or kathy_connolly@premierinc.com.
Improving outcomes for healthy beginnings
Birth injuries take an emotional and financial toll on families and create operational and clinical stressors on healthcare institutions. While the answers to why some birth injuries occur elude us, the power to significantly improve outcomes is in our hands.
Led by healthcare experts, including obstetricians, nurses, clinical engineers and professionals certified in quality and healthcare risk management, Premier Consulting Solutions and Premier Insurance Management Services facilitate this vital initiative encouraging organizations to:
- Develop, implement and measure best practices designed to improve reliability of clinical quality and improve patient outcomes in labor and delivery
- Facilitate the spread of improved healthcare delivery processes
- Lower costs for the hospital and the patient
Performance improvement opportunities
Onsite assessment of the hospital labor and delivery unit will identify performance improvement opportunities in the areas of:
- Clinical processes
- Team collaboration and communication
- Equipment and resource efficiency
- Avoidable adverse outcomes
- Risk management
- Supply chain management
Analysis and performance reports are provided quarterly to hospital leadership and improvement teams which illustrate strengths and
areas
for improvement. Analysis is based upon:
- AHRQ patient safety indicators
- Adverse outcome index measures
- Related clinical data
Knowledge sharing and benchmarking with a dedicated Web site for participating hospitals:
- Track overall and individual hospital initiative progress
- Communicate among and between participating hospital teams
- Share resources developed to support care bundles and improve processes
- Access subject-matter experts and faculty
- Benchmark process and outcome measures to demonstrate improvements in perinatal patient safety
Critical resources for success:
- Web-based fetal heart assessment and monitoring training program for physicians and nursing staff
- Two face-to-face educational conferences for participating hospitals to learn more about improving team work and communication
- Expert physician and nursing faculty available to respond to clinical questions and discussions
- Monthly team Web conferences on care bundles, clinical topics, patient safety and risk management