Banner Fort Collins Medical Center SOAR Learning Collaborative
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center is a part of Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative’s (CPCQC) SuppOrting vAginal delivery for low-Risk mothers (SOAR) Learning Collaborative, a program aimed at reducing unnecessary cesarean deliveries in nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) births and standardizing care excellence across Colorado hospitals.
The goals of Banner Fort Collin SOAR are to support NTSV patients by reducing cesarean section rates, when safe and appropriate, through staff education, changes in practice, and increasing awareness of data and trends.
The Banner Fort Collins SOAR program enjoyed several successes to include:
- Reduced elective inductions of labor
- Incorporated a thriving and robust midwifery practice that works in close collaboration with OB/GYNs
- Closely adhered to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ (ACOG) and the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses’ (AWHONN) guidelines and the Freidman’s Curve with respect to labor management and induction indications
- Greater than 50 percent of RNs have completed the Spinning Babies® training program
- Posters in every labor room, badge buddies available, and multiple reference books on the unit
To learn more about this program, please contact Mary Fisher-Searcy at [email protected].
Additional Resources:
BFCMC-SOAR-Data-YTD.docx – Year-to-date quarterly data and data by year for Banner Fort Collins Medical Center compared to other state cohorts