Implementation of a Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard

University of Pennsylvania

Summary

This proposal will determine if a Disparities in Labor Outcomes dashboard can be used as an implementation strategy to increase compliance to an evidence-based set of interventions for labor induction in a two-site difference-in-differences study design.

Eligibility

Age range: Not specified
Sex: Female
Healthy volunteers: No

Detailed criteria

Inclusion criteria: * full term (greater than or equal to 37 weeks gestation) * singleton gestations * intact membranes * undergoing an induction of labor requiring cervical ripening Exclusion criteria: \- prior cesarean

Interventions

Other
Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard
This Dashboard, a method of audit and feedback, will detail use of evidence-based practices and clinical outcomes on labor and delivery as attributed to individual clinicians on labor and delivery, stratified by race and ethnicity.

Location

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
rebecca.feldmanhamm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 215-662-6400