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Hospital Joins March Of Dimes In Multi-State Study A study published today in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that multi-state, hospitalbased quality improvement programs, including the one at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, (SGMH) can be remarkably effective at reducing early elective deliveries of babies. The rate of elective early term deliveries (i.e., inductions of labor and Cesarean sections without a medical reason) in a group of 25 participating hospitals fell significantly from 27.8 percent to 4.8 percent during the oneyear project period, an 83 percent decline. "We are dedicated to improving our community members' health through continuous improvement in healthcare delivery and education. We are pleased to see that our collective efforts are reducing early elective deliveries," said SGMH's CEO, Mark Turner. The March of Dimes, which partially funded the initiative, said this is good news because babies delivered before full-term are at increased risk of serious health problems and death in their first year of life. "This quality improvement program demonstrates that we can create a change in medical culture to prevent unneeded early deliveries and give many more babies a healthy start in life," said Bryan T. Oshiro, MD, of Loma Linda University School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "Reducing unnecessary early deliveries means that more babies stayed in the womb longer, which is so important for their growth and development," said Kari Spoelstra, RN, BSN, IBCLC and Perinatal Educator for 6 BEAUMONT NOW | MAY 2013 Women's Center. "Overall, this project saw a decrease in the proportion of babies born at 37 and 38 weeks and a corresponding increase in the 39-41 week range during the one-year period studied." "A Multi-state Quality Improvement Program to Decrease Elective Deliveries Before 39 Weeks," by Dr. Oshiro and others, appears in the April 8, online edition of Obstetrics & Gynecology (www.greenjournal.org). SGMH implemented a toolkit called "Elimination of Non-medically Indicated (Elective) Deliveries before 39 Weeks Gestational Age" to guide changes in early term delivery practices. The toolkit was developed in partnership with the March of Dimes, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative and the California Maternal Child and Adolescent Division within the California Department of Public Health. It can be downloaded free from the Prematurity Prevention Resource Center at prematurityprevention.org. About SGMH: The hospital's mission is to provide safe, high quality, personalized healthcare services. SGMH is located at 600 N. Highland Springs Ave., in Banning. Info., 951-845-1121 or www.sgmh.org. SGMH is one of the first hospitals in the nation to participate in a collaborative of perinatal quality improvement advocates with state health departments, academic health centers, and March of Dimes chapters from the five most populous states in the country: California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. These states account for an estimated 38 percent of all births in the United States. The March of Dimes urges hospitals, health care providers, and patients to follow American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines that if a pregnancy is healthy, to wait for labor to begin on its own. The final weeks of pregnancy are crucial to a baby's health because many vital organs, including the brain and lungs, are still developing. About the March of Dimes: The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. 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