Resumen de The Hard Work of Improving Outcomes for Mothers and Babies

Philip D. Schneider, Bethany A. Sabol, Patricia Ann Lee King, Aaron B. Caughey, Ann E.B. Borders

• Quality improvement efforts are an increasingly expanding focus for perinatal care providers across the United States. From successful hospital-level initiatives, there has been a growing effort to use and implement quality improvement work in substantive and meaningful ways. This article summarizes the foundations of maternal-focused, birth-focused, and neonatal-focused quality improvement initiatives to highlight the underpinnings and potential future directions of current state-level perinatal quality care collaboratives.