Overview:

Adverse events during labor and delivery are rare relative to the number of births but when they occur, affect not only the baby but can inflict psychological and financial consequences on family, care providers and the community.

Participating hospitals will reduce their baseline birth trauma rate per 1,000 live births by a minimum of 30%. . Individual improvement goals will be determined by each facility and may vary.

Hospitals will submit data on a quarterly basis for initiatives. When possible, hospitals will provide historical data from 2008.. Improvement will be determined by a trend line. The slope of the line from the baseline until the end of the data collection period will be used to determine if the improvement goal was successfully obtained.

Data will be supplied by Hospital Information System.

Baseline: AHRQ National Observed rate 2004–2006 1.8/1,000 live births