title: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Special Report: Current approaches to measuring quality of care in obstetrics.
abstract: Heath care measurement and evaluation is an integral piece of the health care system. The creation and assessment of care performance metrics are important and relevant for the obstetric community including both clinicians and patients. Careful deliberation is required to create a measurement system that results in optimal care for women and families. This article reviews the current approaches to measuring quality in obstetrics.
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bailit
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.
authors.forename: Kimberly D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.
authors.forename: Sindhu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Westover
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Grobman
authors.affiliation: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Saade
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012952:Societies
keywords: measurement; obstetrics; quality; safety