Food Safety For Moms To Be

Cystic Fibrosis

Check out the OB Intake link
to view the video on Food Safety
For Moms To Be and Cystic
Fibrosis information.

Date/Time Classes are held every
2nd Tuesday at 1400 OR
4th Wednesday at 1800

Phone number to schedule: 524-4382

Class Description: Definition, symptoms, and ways to help
prevent preterm labor as well as the special needs of a
premature infant.

After several years in the planning and execution, our reconstruction project of Labor and Delivery and the Mother Baby Unit is complete! Our thanks to all those who worked so hard to bring this world class improvement to our hospital and to you, our patients. Call Tricare to arrange a tour! The third and final phase of this reconstruction project (of ward 3 West, across from Labor and Delivery and the Mother Baby Unit), will begin this fall and is scheduled for completion in early 2012. Also, please note that our clinic has relocated to the first floor, near the revolving door, as of April 2011. Please excuse our dust while we continue to improve our facilities for you, the most important patients in the world.

For the last several years, the National Perinatal Information Center (a non DoD, non
partisan organization that has been contracted to collect data on behalf of the Army) has
been collecting data on quality indicators in obstetric care at all Military Treatment
Facilities and comparing them to each other and the civilian community at large. Here is
a synopsis of those findings:

*The Cesarean Section rate in the U.S. continues to increase. If you are pregnant in the
United States today, there is a roughly one in three chance that your baby will be born by
Cesarean Section. At Evans, we are very proud to state that we have one of the lowest
Cesarean Section rates in Colorado and even in the entire nation, as our Cesarean Section
rate is, and has been for the last 5 years, about 20%. Stated another way, while you have a
one in three chance of a C section in the nation as a whole, your chances at Evans
are only one in five! [COL Crisp: "There are many reasons for this, but primarily among
them is our commitment to safe vaginal delivery of our patients. We always have at least
one physician and one Certified Nurse Midwife in the hospital at all times--rather than being
"on call" from home--so we can take our time with our patients. Further, our Midwifery
service here is second to none, and work with our patients to maximize their chances for
a safe and rewarding vaginal delivery."]

*Severe vaginal lacerations (tears) are not uncommon after vaginal delivery, with a national
average of about 2 1/2%. Our rate at Evans is one of the lowest in the Army, and much
lower than the national rate, at about 1%, and continues to decrease. [COL Crisp: "At
Evans, we understand that routine episiotomy is not indicated, and accounts for a large
percentage of vaginal lacerations. We routinely avoid episiotomy as much as possible, and it
shows in our statistics!"]

*The national post partum readmission rate is about 1%, but at Evans it is about 0.5%
[COL Crisp: One of the many advantages of delivering in our health care system is that
there really is no pressure to send a patient home simply for fiscal reasons. We keep our
patients in the hospital until they are ready to go home, and not before. Again, it shows in
our readmission rate numbers."]

*There are several other indicators (perinatal mortality, obstetric wound (c section)
disruption rate, length of stay, and others. Suffice it say that in all these quality indicators,
Evans' Physicians and Certified Nurse Midwives routinely perform better than the national
averages. {COL Crisp: "We are proud of our performance as outlined by the National
Perinatal Information Center (NPIC). Honestly, we always knew we provided exceptionally
outstanding care. It's nice to have this formally recognized by the NPIC.].

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