Collection of pregnancy outcome records following infertility-challenges and possible solutions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study is to report challenges encountered when conducting inter-institutional data collection of obstetric (prenatal and postpartum) and delivery outcomes for research purposes and to propose solutions for enhanced efficiency.

Methods

Data were collected from women who consented to collection of obstetric and delivery records for an observational study of pregnancy and delivery outcomes following infertility treatment. We analyzed key issues relevant to improving efficiency of obstetric and delivery data collection via quantification of effort (such as number of calls and faxes) required to obtain records from different types of obstetric clinics and hospitals before and after utilization of a revised authorization.

Results

At time of analysis,

SUBMITTER: Floyd EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4974227 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature