Learning session 2 - Nineteen of the twenty-four hospitals participating in this initiative came together in Raleigh for a full day to explore factors influencing the c-section rate, strategies to increase the rate of vaginal birth, and other considerations related to mode of delivery in North Carolina hospitals. Speakers included SIVB expert team member John Allbert, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Charlotte and the clinical lead of Novant’s Women’s Council, Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA, an obstetrician-bioethicist at UNC, and Craigan Gray, MD, MBA, JD, the current Director of the NC Division of Medical Assistance. Hospital teams shared their challenges and successes to date, and described their goals for the second half of this initiative.
