IMPROVE PERINATAL CARE

Reduce the Most Significant Risks with Targeted and Integrated Education

Studies show that two-thirds of claims in perinatal cases involve one or more of the following issues: (1) failure to diagnose and treat fetal distress, (2) ineffective management of shoulder dystocia, (3) problems with technical performance during operative delivery, and (4) teamwork and communication failures among providers and with patients. The Perinatal Patient Safety Library addresses all four of these high-risk issues in an integrated set of courses that support the three practices characteristic of the safest and most reliable systems of perinatal care as outlined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Developed with the help of some of the foremost experts in perinatal patient safety, the courses incorporate realistic scenarios and real-time simulations that require learners to manage multiple patients, determine appropriate treatment and communicate with other team members. Your entire perinatal care team will learn the essentials to significantly improve clinical, financial, and legal outcomes in your organization.

Impact:
Improve Patient Care

• Implement a whole-team approach (nurses and physicians) with improved communication and documentation
• Implement better patient and provider safeguards

Reduce Risks and Associated Costs

• Readily identify and manage the greatest risks of injury, loss, harm, and availability
• Improve the defensibility of claims when bad outcomes occur
  

Features:

• Uses 2008 NICHD language to engage clinicians in a teamwork approach to safety
• Modular, case-based curriculum focuses on best practices in high risk areas
• Highly detailed medical illustrations and animations
• Highly interactive with knowledge checks, multimedia exercises, and dynamic care algorithms

This library is essential for:

• Meeting high-impact EFM training criteria
• Mitigating Root Causes of Sentinel Events in Perinatal Departments
• Compliance with ACOG Guidelines
• Compliance with AWHONN Guidelines

This library supports:

• AHRQ safety indicators focused on birth and obstetric trauma
• IOM Pregnancy and childbirth priority areas
• IHI’s IMPACT Learning and Innovation Community on Improving Perinatal Care
• BCAP/CHCS Toward Improving Birth Outcomes initiative for SCHIP patients.
• Annual Continuing Education requirements for clinicians
• Continuing education requirements in risk management
• Perinatal Quality Improvement Initiatives

Courses in Library

• Advanced Fetal Monitoring and Assessment
• Managing Shoulder Dystocia
• Safe Operative Vaginal Delivery
• SBAR+R Structuring Communication in Healthcare

Continuing Education Credit
Accredited by ACOG, AAFP, and ANCC.
Physicians earn up to 17.75 Category I CME credits.
Nurses earn up to 21.6 CNE credits.

Subject Matter Experts
Michael Belfort, MD, PhD
Bonnie Flood Chez, RNC, MSN
Dawn Collins, RN, MS
Gary A. Dildy III, MD, FACOG
John P. Elliott, MD, FACOG
Roger K. Freeman, MD, FACOG
Bernard Gonik, MD, FACOG
Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD
Winfred Parnell, MD, FACOG
Scott W. Roberts, MD, FACOG