This is the first month of the active phase of the Support for Birth initiative, which means teams should be working toward the first objective on their action plans. Twenty-four hospitals are working to achieve site-specific goals over the next 5 months. At the February 22 webinar, we will hear from teams about how things are going so far. We have a limited amount of time in this initiative to try to make important and significant changes. Let's make the most of the strong enthusiasm and commitment that were evident in the January learning sessions to get off to a good start.
At this time, teams should have the following items in place in order to concentrate on taking the steps described in their draft action plans to achieve their goals:
1. SIVB Extranet access
2. SIVB Data Site access for those team members who will be entering data
3. Draft action plan - each hospital team should now have a draft action plan in place. This should include a broad goal and SMART objectives - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound objectives.
