
National Partnership for Maternal Safety
Author(s) -
Elizabeth E. Krans,
Melinda Campopiano,
Lisa M. Cleveland,
Daisy Goodman,
Deborah Kilday,
Susan Kendig,
Lisa Leffert,
Elliott K. Main,
Kathleen T. Mitchell,
David T. O’Gurek,
Robyn D’Oria,
Deidre Mcdaniel,
Mishka Terplan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
obstetrics and gynecology (new york. 1953. online)/obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.664
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1873-233X
pISSN - 0029-7844
DOI - 10.1097/aog.0000000000003381
Subject(s) - medicine , general partnership , patient safety , opioid use disorder , health care , public health , quality management , nursing , medical emergency , family medicine , opioid , management system , business , receptor , management , finance , economics , economic growth
The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis, and pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality due to substance use highlights the need to prioritize substance use as a major patient safety issue. To assist health care providers with this process and mitigate the effect of substance use on maternal and fetal safety, the National Partnership for Maternal Safety within the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care has created a patient safety bundle to reduce adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes associated with substance use. The Consensus Bundle on Obstetric Care for Women with Opioid Use Disorder provides a series of evidence-based recommendations to standardize and improve the quality of health care services for pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorder, which should be implemented in every maternity care setting. A series of implementation resources have been created to help providers, hospitals, and health systems translate guidelines into clinical practice, and multiple state-level Perinatal Quality Collaboratives are developing quality improvement initiatives to facilitate the bundle-adoption process. Structure, process, and outcome metrics have also been developed to monitor the adoption of evidence-based practices and ensure consistency in clinical care.