title: Implementation of a system-wide policy for labor induction.
abstract: Standardization of key clinical protocols and policies in the inpatient obstetric setting has the potential to improve care processes, ultimately resulting in better patient outcomes and decreased professional liability. Increasingly hospitals and healthcare systems are realizing benefits with adoption of standardization as a strategy for quality care improvement. We describe successful system-wide development and implementation of a policy for labor induction including avoidance of elective births before 39 completed weeks of gestation and standardization of various aspects of the labor induction process, with the goal of providing safer care.
authors.affiliation: Trinity Health, Novi, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Terrence P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: Gerald J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: Thomas N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Balaskas
authors.forename: Rebecca A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Havlisch
authors.forename: Gay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landstrom
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Eric G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000592:standards*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011050:Policy Making; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States