TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of the Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births Safety Bundle during the First Year of a Statewide Collaborative in Maryland
AU - Callaghan-Koru, Jennifer A.
AU - Creanga, Andreea A.
AU - Dipietro, Bonnie
AU - Mark, Katrina
AU - Sowe, Ardy
AU - Aboumatar, Nour
AU - Burke, Ann B.
AU - Curran, Geoffrey
N1 - Funding Information:
The work of the Maryland Patient Safety Center is funded by the Maryland Department of Health and the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health. No other financial support and no manuscript preparation assistance were received for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE:To describe the status of implementation of the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health's primary cesarean birth patient safety bundle in Maryland after 1 year (2016-2017), and assess whether hospital characteristics and implementation strategies employed are associated with bundle implementation.METHODS:The Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health's bundle to decrease primary cesarean births includes 26 evidence-based practices that hospitals can adopt based on specific needs. One year after the start of a statewide implementation collaborative at 31 of 32 birthing hospitals in Maryland, we sent a computer-based survey to hospital collaborative leaders to assess progress. Respondents reported on hospital characteristics, adoption of bundle practices, and use of 15 selected implementation strategies. We conducted descriptive and bivariate analyses of their responses.RESULTS:Among 26 hospitals with complete reporting, 23 fully implemented at least one bundle practice (range 1-7) during the collaborative's first year. Of 26 bundle practices, on average, hospitals had fully implemented a third (mean 8.6; SD 5.5; range 0-17) before the collaborative, and 3 new practices (SD 2.4; range 0-8) during the collaborative. Hospitals' use of six implementation strategies, all highly dependent on strong clinician involvement, was significantly associated with their fully implementing more practices during the collaborative's first year.CONCLUSION:Our assessment has promising results, with a majority of hospitals having implemented new cesarean birth bundle practices during the collaborative's first year. However, there are lessons from the wide variability in the number and type of practices adopted. Clinicians should be aware of this variability and become more involved in the implementation of cesarean birth bundle practices. We identified six strategies associated with full implementation of more bundle practices for which clinicians' support and commitment to practice changes are critical. Clinicians' understanding of available and effective implementation strategies can better assist with the implementation of this and other Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health patient safety bundles.
AB - OBJECTIVE:To describe the status of implementation of the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health's primary cesarean birth patient safety bundle in Maryland after 1 year (2016-2017), and assess whether hospital characteristics and implementation strategies employed are associated with bundle implementation.METHODS:The Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health's bundle to decrease primary cesarean births includes 26 evidence-based practices that hospitals can adopt based on specific needs. One year after the start of a statewide implementation collaborative at 31 of 32 birthing hospitals in Maryland, we sent a computer-based survey to hospital collaborative leaders to assess progress. Respondents reported on hospital characteristics, adoption of bundle practices, and use of 15 selected implementation strategies. We conducted descriptive and bivariate analyses of their responses.RESULTS:Among 26 hospitals with complete reporting, 23 fully implemented at least one bundle practice (range 1-7) during the collaborative's first year. Of 26 bundle practices, on average, hospitals had fully implemented a third (mean 8.6; SD 5.5; range 0-17) before the collaborative, and 3 new practices (SD 2.4; range 0-8) during the collaborative. Hospitals' use of six implementation strategies, all highly dependent on strong clinician involvement, was significantly associated with their fully implementing more practices during the collaborative's first year.CONCLUSION:Our assessment has promising results, with a majority of hospitals having implemented new cesarean birth bundle practices during the collaborative's first year. However, there are lessons from the wide variability in the number and type of practices adopted. Clinicians should be aware of this variability and become more involved in the implementation of cesarean birth bundle practices. We identified six strategies associated with full implementation of more bundle practices for which clinicians' support and commitment to practice changes are critical. Clinicians' understanding of available and effective implementation strategies can better assist with the implementation of this and other Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health patient safety bundles.
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U2 - 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003328
DO - 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003328
M3 - Article
C2 - 31188309
AN - SCOPUS:85068884797
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 134
SP - 109
EP - 119
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 1
ER -