The design of "TeamBirth": A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite evidence that communication and teamwork are critical to patient safety, few care processes have been intentionally designed for this purpose in labor and delivery. The purpose of this project was to design an intrapartum care process that aims to improve communication and teamwork between clinicians and patients.

Methods

We followed the "Double-Diamond" design method with four sequential steps: Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver. In Discover, we searched professional guidelines and peer-reviewed literature to delineate the challenges to quality of intrapartum care and to uncover options for solutions. In Define, we convened an interdisciplinary group of experts to focus the problem scope and prioritize solution features. In Develop, we created initial

SUBMITTER: Aggarwal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290033 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature