A Webinar Brought to You by Lamaze International
Increasing Transparency in Maternity Care Through the Birth Survey Project
September 15, 2009
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
11:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m CST
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. MST
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. PST
Course Description
This session will discuss the role that transparency and public reporting of health outcomes may play in compelling quality improvements in our maternity care system. We will review the evidence basis for transparency initiatives, identify barriers to transparency in maternity care, and propose possible solutions.
Earn Contact Hours
By viewing the Webinar and passing a brief quiz afterward, you can earn one (1) Lamaze and Nursing contact hour. It’s an easy, convenient way to continue your professional education.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe the influence of care provider and birth site on utilization of interventions including cesarean surgery and episiotomy.
- State at least two Public health Arguments for lowering intervention rates in maternity care.
- Describe the effect of public reporting and transparency programs on healthcare quality improvement.
- List the three barriers to transparency efforts.
- Describe a grassroots effort to increase transparency in maternity care.
Speaker
Amy Romano, RN, CNM, is a published author for The Journal of Perinatal Education, Research Summaries for Normal Birth, The Evidence Basis for the 10 Steps of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative and is chief blogger at Science & Sensibility. As a midwife she cared for birthing women at home, in a freestanding birth center and in a baby-friendly hospital.