Grant: Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Central Canada 2 year

Health care services provided during pregnancy, labour, birth and the time after birth period can influence the long-term health of women and infants. There is wide variability in clinical practice and outcomes in maternal-newborn care settings suggesting there are opportunities for improvement. While the quality of obstetrical care in Canada is generally high, adverse events in patient safety continue to occur. With over 140,000 babies born in Ontario each year there are many opportunities to address patient safety issues and associated costs at individual and system level. BORN is Ontario's pregnancy, birth and childhood registry and network. Our aim is to create an online system based on patient safety indicators that will reduce the number of negative outcomes for obstetric patients in Ontario and potentially throughout Canada. This project will include the identification of indicators using research evidence and expert consensus methods. We will create a review of the evidence for one safety indicator and explore options for the design of the online system. The purpose of this research is to develop an online system that can be piloted and and ultimately implemented in Ontario and Canada, to reduce poor outcomes for maternity services patients that were avoidable through optimal care.