August 2011 Update - Learning from the data...

We are learning, improving, and really seeing the importance of working together as a collaborative - some results to date include:

  • a decrease (38% to 30%) among patients with >/= to one or more risk factors of C-section delivery.
  • of the patients admitted in labor, the c-section rate is 14.9%.
  • of the patients admitted not in labor, the c-section rate is 32.6%.
  • the more dilated a patient is on admission, the less likely she is to have a c-section.
  • there’s an increase (60.74% to 65.87%) in the use of IUPCs in place when c-section for FTP is called.
  • an increasing trend in the use of labor support.