System interventions to support rural access to maternity care: an analysis of the rural surgical obstetrical networks program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Rural Surgical Obstetrical Networks (RSON) project was developed in response to the persistent attrition of rural maternity services across Canada over the past two decades. While other research has demonstrated the adverse health and psychosocial consequences of losing local maternity services, this paper explores the impact of a program designed to increase the sustainability of rural services themselves, through the funding of four "pillars": increased scope and volume, clinical coaching, continuous quality improvement (CQI) and remote presence technology.

Methods

We conducted in-depth, qualitative research interviews with rural health care providers and administrators in eight rural communities across British Columbia to understand the impact of the RSON p

SUBMITTER: Kornelsen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature