From Identification and Review to Action—Maternal Mortality Review in the United States
| Autor: | Cynthia J. Berg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Quality management Psychological intervention Guidelines as Topic Audit Risk Assessment Nursing Pregnancy Risk Factors Multidisciplinary approach Environmental health medicine Humans Maternal Welfare Medical Audit business.industry Public health Obstetrics and Gynecology Review Committees United States Maternal Mortality Work (electrical) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Health department |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in Perinatology. 36:7-13 |
| ISSN: | 0146-0005 |
| Popis: | The maternal mortality review process is an ongoing quality improvement cycle with 5 steps: identification of maternal deaths, collection of medical and other data on the events surrounding the death, review and synthesis of the data to identify potentially alterable factors, the development and implementation of interventions to decrease the risk of future deaths, and evaluation of the results. The most important step is utilization of the data to identify and implement evidence-based actions; without this step, the rest of the work will not have an impact. The review committee ideally is based in the health department of a state (or large city) as a core public health function. This provides stability for the process as well as facilitates implementation of the review committees' recommendations. The review committee should be multidisciplinary, with its members being official representatives of their organizations or departments, again to improve buy-in of the stakeholders. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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