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| Elliott K MainSummaryAffiliation: California Pacific Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Maternal mortality: new strategies for measurement and preventionElliott K Main
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 22:511-6. 2010..Maternal mortality has recently been featured in both lay and professional literature often with a high degree of passion. This review will provide the obstetrician with a background of the current issues with maternal mortality...
Is there a useful cesarean birth measure? Assessment of the nulliparous term singleton vertex cesarean birth rate as a tool for obstetric quality improvementElliott K Main
Division of Clinical Integration, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:1644-51; discussion 1651-2. 2006..This study was undertaken to assess the utility of the nulliparous term singleton vertex cesarean birth (NTSV CB) measure as a quality improvement tool for use at the hospital level...
New perinatal quality measures from the National Quality Forum, the Joint Commission and the Leapfrog GroupElliott K Main
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco and California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Palo Alto, California 94118, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 21:532-40. 2009..It is important for all obstetric practitioners and leaders to understand these measures, as they form the basis of judging the quality of our hospital services for the next decade...
Effective implementation strategies and tactics for leading change on maternity unitsDebra Bingham
California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 24:32-42. 2010..Knowledgeable, tenacious, and creative frontline physician and nurse leaders may have the greatest impact on QI implementation effectiveness because they are the individuals who decide how the strategies and tactics will be tailored...
Quality improvement in maternity care: promising approaches from the medical and public health perspectivesElliott K Main
California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative CMQCC, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 20:574-80. 2008..This review will serve to introduce the obstetric practitioner to the latest evidence of effective quality-improvement methods and provide an understanding of the different roles of the various organizations involved...
Promoting antenatal steroid use for fetal maturation: results from the California Perinatal Quality Care CollaborativeDavid D Wirtschafter
California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, Palo Alto, California, USA
J Pediatr 148:606-612. 2006..We hypothesized that mean performance would improve and the number of centers performing below the lowest quartile of the baseline year would decrease...
Decisions required for operating a maternal mortality review committee: the California experienceElliott K Main
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
Semin Perinatol 36:37-41. 2012..It is expected that each maternal mortality review committee will have somewhat different approaches based on local resources and case mix...
Development of a large-scale obstetric quality-improvement program that focused on the nulliparous patient at termElliott K Main
Division of Clinical Integration, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:1747-56; discussion 1756-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: This balanced set of measures for term, singleton, and vertex patients has been straightforward to collect over a large and diverse hospital system and has engaged all participants successfully...
Creating a public agenda for maternity safety and quality in cesarean deliveryElliott K Main
California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative and the Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, and the California Pacific Medical Center and the Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, California
Obstet Gynecol 120:1194-8. 2012....
