Agenda Item Details
Day 2   Thursday Oct 11, 2018
11:15 - 12:15pm
Presentation: Concurrent Session B05 - Quality Standards
Description

B05-1 Maternal-Newborn Levels of Care: Improving the System through Standardization

 

Authors: Olha Lutsiv MScPH; Laura Zahreddine RN, BScN, MN

 

Presenter: Laura Zahreddine, Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health, Toronto ON

 

Purpose: To provide an overview of the Ontario Maternal-Newborn Levels of Care, and to increase understanding about how standardized provision of care can improve system functioning and maternal-newborn health outcomes.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the objectives and intended impact of standardizing the maternal-newborn levels of care (LOCs).
  • Define the criteria associated with each maternal and newborn LOC, including the population characteristics, diagnostic/treatment services, and human resources.
  • Provide an overview of the system-level and patient-level outcomes associated with the implementation of maternal-newborn LOCs.

 

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B05-2 Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) Quality Standard: Improving Access and Quality of Care

 

Authors: Olha Lutsiv MScPH; Suzannah Bennett MHSc; Arielle Baltman-Cord MA; Modupe Tunde-Byass MD; Manavi Handa RM, MA

 

Presenters: Suzannah Bennett, and Arielle Baltman-Cord, Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health, Toronto ON

 

Purpose: To provide conference attendees with an overview of the Health Quality Ontario (HQO) Quality Standards program, with a specific focus on the VBAC Quality Standard that was developed in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH).

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the purpose of Quality Standards and the approach used to develop them.
  • Provide an overview of the VBAC Quality Standard, including its recommendations.
  • Discuss how care providers and organizations can use the VBAC Quality Standard to improve access and quality of care.
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