BORN Quality Week: Audit and Feedback Tool in the Spotlight

November 11, 2023

PSO News

An evaluation of the Maternal Newborn Dashboard using BORN data (published in 2018) showed that the system helped hospitals to significantly improve four out of six indicators.

What does this mean in practical terms?

For every 100 individuals there were:

11.7

fewer inductions done for “post-dates” for pregnant individuals less than 41 weeks at delivery.

10.4

fewer elective repeat caesarean sections done on low risk individuals less than 39 weeks at delivery. This reduction translates to a significant cost savings.1

2.8

more individuals received group B streptococcus (GBS) screening at the right time during pregnancy.

1.5

fewer episiotomies were done.

Using the Dashboard can help to trigger clinical practice improvement in perinatal settings that prioritize these issues and develop tailored strategies for change.

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