Innovation to Providing Interprofessional Maternity Care
Innovation to the Provision of Maternity Care in Hamilton: An Inter- and Intraprofessional Collaboration
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interventional
700
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The aim of this pilot project is to determine if there are differences in patient outcomes and healthcare utilization between patients randomly assigned to usual care (a collaborative model of maternity care with co-located healthcare professionals but with referrals to off-site obstetricians) or to a collaborative model of maternity care with co-located healthcare professionals, including obstetricians. It is hypothesized that by creating a seamless interface between obstetrical consultation and ongoing longitudinal maternity care, patient outcomes (birth outcome data), patient satisfaction and healthcare utilization, including number of outpatient visits, ultrasounds, laboratory tests, consultations, etc, will be improved in the intervention group compared with the group receiving usual care. The results could potentially lead to other sites adopting this innovative model of maternity healthcare delivery.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable pregnancy
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 18, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 19, 2009
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2010
CompletedAugust 19, 2009
August 1, 2009
8 months
August 18, 2009
August 18, 2009
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Patient outcomes (birth outcomes)
9 months
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Patient satisfaction
9 months
Healthcare utilization
9 months
Study Arms (2)
Collaborative model
EXPERIMENTALPatients will be referred (if necessary) to an obstetrician who will be co-located in the Maternity Centre and who will be part of the collaborative model of maternity care.
Usual care
ACTIVE COMPARATORAt present, if Maternity Centre patients require the specialized services of an obstetrician, the current standard of care is to refer them to obstetricians located offsite with no professional ties to the Maternity Centre
Interventions
Patients will be referred (if necessary) to an obstetrician who will be co-located in the Maternity Centre and who will be part of the collaborative model of maternity care.
At present, if Maternity Centre patients require the specialized services of an obstetrician, the current standard of care is to refer them to obstetricians located offsite with no professional ties to the Maternity Centre
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years of age or older
- Attending their intake appointment at the Centre
- Ability to understand English
- Legal status in Canada
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Maternity Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4V1, Canada
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Keyna Bracken, MD
McMaster University
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 18, 2009
First Posted
August 19, 2009
Study Start
October 1, 2009
Primary Completion
June 1, 2010
Last Updated
August 19, 2009
Record last verified: 2009-08