Promoting Vaginal Birth

Working with hospital-based teams, the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) in 2020 launched a statewide obstetric initiative to implement American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health guidelines.

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60%

The increase in national C-Section rates from 1996 to 2011.

23.6%

The Healthy People 2030 NTSV C-Section rate goal.

Objectives

1. AIM: 70% of participating hospitals will be at or below the Healthy People goal of 23.6% cesarean delivery rate among NTSV births by December 31, 2022

2. Goal: Increase the percent of cesarean section deliveries among NTSV births that meet ACOG/SMFM criteria for cesarean

3. Goal: Increase the percent of physicians/midwives/nurses educated on ACOG/SMFM criteria for cesarean, labor management strategies/response to labor challenges, protocol for facilitating decision huddles and/or decision debriefs

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