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Subject:	A public challenge to Henci Goer
Body:	<div class="NTForums_Quote">Posted By Archived User on 01/06/2007 10:02 AM<br>As it turns out, what you have proposed is an example of "great minds thinking alike." The American College of Nurse-Midwives has developed the Optimality Tool, a method for measuring the quality of maternity care systems. An optimal birth is one in which the best outcomes have been achieved with the least use of medical intervention. It has a yes/no scoring system for labor events and outcomes that incorporates obstetric history and current health so that apples can be compared with apples. All items are based in the research evidence. For more information, go to <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://midwife.org/about.cfm?id=255">Optimality Index</a>. My boss at Lamaze, a nurse midwife herself, envisions a day when women will compare their Optimality scores the way they sometimes compare Apgar scores today. <BR> <BR>-- Henci By: Henci Goer</div><br><br>
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