Development and Implementation of Maternity Dashboard in Regional Hospital for Quality Improvement at Ground Level: A Pilot Study
Journal Title: Oman Medical Journal - Year 2019, Vol 34, Issue 3
Abstract
Objectives: We sought to develop and implement a Maternity Dashboard to improve the quality of health care at the ground level. Methods: We conducted a prospective, descriptive cross-sectional study, involving patients with high-risk pregnancies who had been referred to Nizwa Hospital, Oman. The selection of quality indicators was based on the prototype of clinical outcomes from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The Maternity Dashboard team adapted local parameters and used preselected general parameters, based on clinical observations, to develop the dashboard. Results: The issues posing a threat to Nizwa Hospital in becoming a world-class healthcare facility were: overbooked outpatient department, insufficient staff, and more junior doctors compared to senior doctors and consultants. Additionally, being pioneers, naturally, the dashboard development team faced difficulties while handling adverse situations. More time, guidance, and standardization of quality indicators are desirable. Conclusions: Following the approval for a Maternity Dashboard in Nizwa Hospital, the data compiled in an Excel sheet are transmitted manually every month for display on the dashboard in the delivery suite. It is intended to make data collected and dissemination completely automated in the future with the help of the Al-Shifa Healthcare Information System. Expansion of the idea of a Maternity Dashboard to other hospitals and specialties at the regional and tertiary level of the health care system in Oman and a comparison of the standard of health care provided between hospitals based on similar quality indicators would be the next milestone.
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Malini Patel, Bhawna Rathi, Mansoor Ali Yarubi
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