Intermountain Health – OB Hub
Intermountain Health had a vision to expand safety for birthing patients across Colorado and Montana. As a result, the OB Hub was created. The OB Hub provides 24/7, real time, remote monitoring of fetal heart rates, maternal vital signs, contraction and labor progression for pregnant patients by qualified staff, as well as immediate communication to nursing staff if concerns are detected.
The OB Hub Command Center clinicians use innovative technology to efficiently and effectively monitor up to 80 patients at multiple hospitals at one time. The OB Hub also strengthens communication and collaboration among care teams, supports newer nurses as they gain experience in providing care to laboring patients who may be in the early stages of experiencing complications, and addresses potential bedside nursing staff shortages
Successes include the following:
- Infants eligible for brain cooling: Noted a decrease from four babies to zero eligible
- APGARs below three at one minute for term newborns: Noted a decrease from 1.57 percent to 0.98 percent
- APGARs below seven at five minutes for term newborns: Noted a decrease from 1.77 percent to 1.15 percent
- Emergent cesarean sections: Noted a decrease from 5.98 percent to 4.6 percent
- Urgent cesarean section: Noted a decrease from 17.94 percent to 17.6 percent
To learn more about this program, please contact Deb Lowery, director, Center for Women and Infants, at [email protected].
