Childbirth Connection has launched a new area of their Web site to provide evidence-based information about the benefits, harms, and appropriate use of induction of labor, which affects approximately one-third of births in the US. According to Childbirth Connection, a systematic review of evidence published in 2009 found that many of the accepted medical indications for labor induction lack rigorous research demonstrating health benefits. Another systematic review published late last year demonstrated harms of elective induction of labor (without medical indication). The new resource sums up the evidence from these reviews and other high quality studies to help childbearing women make informed choices. The resource can be accessed at http://www.childbirthconnection.org/induction. The site was launched as part of a partnership with the March of Dimes and the Leapfrog Group.
The Leapfrog Group, an organization aimed at mobilizing large employers to improve health care quality, released data from their national hospital survey that shows many hospitals falling far short of targets to eliminate elective deliveries before 39 weeks. The database of hospital rates can be found at http://www.leapfroggroup.org/tooearlydeliveries.
Summarized from National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition newsletter, 1/31/11
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