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Identifying the Essential Qualities of Maternity Care: part 4 ~ Evidence-based policies & a plan for action

by faithgibson April 21, 2013

A multi-part series originally posted on HealthCare_2.0 (to read entire document) Part 4 ~:~ Safety & the maternity-care continuum in an essentially healthy population     Two kinds of data are required to intelligently determine if the current configuration of medical and midwifery care is making the kind of cost-effective contribution that economists refer to as ‘value added’. In […]

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Identifying the Essential Qualities of Maternity Care: part 3 of Evidence-based policies & a plan for action

by faithgibson April 20, 2013

A multi-part series originally posted on HealthCare_2.0 (to read entire document) link back to part 2  Part 3 ~:~ Maternity care as a continuum of provider characteristics  Using place-of-birth as proxy also fails to acknowledge a most central fact about maternity care – that it is a continuum of practices from pure physiologic care at one end, to the […]

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Identifying the Essential Qualities of Maternity Care: part 2 of Evidence-based policies & a plan for action

by faithgibson April 19, 2013

A multi-part series originally posted on HealthCare_2.0 Link to #1 – Intro ~ Background and Overview The Optimal Purpose of Maternity Care Part 2: The Optimal Purpose of Maternity Care       The most basic purpose of maternity care is to protect and preserve the health of already healthy women. The basic goal is a cost-effective model devoted to […]

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Identifying the Essential Qualities of Maternity Care: Intro-Part 1 –> Evidence-based policies and a plan for action

by faithgibson April 18, 2013

A multi-part series originally posted on HealthCare_2.0 INTRO ~ Overview, Background & Goals (note ~ article updated April 24, 2013) Whatever one’s individual opinion about the nature of childbirth practices in the US, both professionals and consumers agree that the current maternity care system is far from ideal  — we spend far too much and get […]

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Measures to reduce avoidable obstetrical interventions with low-risk women: INESSS ~ French Quebec publication

by faithgibson April 17, 2013

ETMIS 2012 ; Vol. 8 : N014 September 2012 ~ A production of the Institut National d’Excellence en Santé et en Services Sociaux Promising measures to reduce the use of avoidable obstetrical interventions with low-risk women SUMMARY ~ prepared by Michel Rossignol, Faiza Boughrassa and Jean-Marie Moutquin PROMISING MEASURES TO REDUCE THE — USE OF AVOIDABLE OBSTETRICAL INTERVENTIONS WITH LOW-RISK WOMEN Mandate […]

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