{"title":"OBSTAT: benchmarking for improvement in obstetrics.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A detailed database containing information on patients and practice patterns can be a positive force in efforts to lower cesarean rates. Women's Hospital at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA, utilizes an in-house, custom database, known as OBSTAT, to collect and store obstetrical clinical data. Use of OBSTAT has correlated positively with a reduction in cesarean rates at Women's Hospital.</p>","PeriodicalId":79946,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare benchmarks","volume":"6 8","pages":"90-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Healthcare benchmarks","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A detailed database containing information on patients and practice patterns can be a positive force in efforts to lower cesarean rates. Women's Hospital at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA, utilizes an in-house, custom database, known as OBSTAT, to collect and store obstetrical clinical data. Use of OBSTAT has correlated positively with a reduction in cesarean rates at Women's Hospital.