After several site visits to hospitals that initially were not participating in this initiative, six hospitals have expressed interest in joining Phase II of this initiative with two additional hospitals meeting with key stakeholders over the next few weeks to determine involvement.
The demographic survey has been completed by 20 of the 23 hospitals involved in this initiative and final results will be presented to teams in February.
As with the normal influx of patients desiring to deliver before the end of the year, teams across North Carolina have seen an upward trend in the cesarean rate with December’s data. We will continue our work towards decreasing the cesarean rate in Phase II of this initiative.
