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Specialty Certification

Hospitals that are accredited through the Joint Commission (JC) can choose to pursue specialty certifications in several areas: perinatal care, palliative care, total hip, and total knee replacement, and disease-specific care for example. Achieving certification in a specialty area demonstrates commitment and achievement of  specific patient and quality parameters within a defined area. Certification programs …

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Peer Review

Peer review is a mandatory process for all hospitals in the United States. It was developed to ensure that patients receive a consistent level of care and to promote standardization in practice. It involves retrospective chart reviews in which adherence to hospital guidelines and assessment of overall care is evaluated (Bader et al, 2021). Most …

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Quality Improvement Initiative to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesarean Delivery

In 2019 a multidisciplinary group was formed with the purpose of evaluating opportunities for improvement and implementing targeted strategies to reduce nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) cesarean deliveries. Key stakeholders were engaged from the beginning and included private and hospital-employed physicians, midwives, residents, nurses, and leadership. Following basic principles of quality improvement, a fishbone diagram …

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