Two midwives assist a woman in labor on a birth chair in the 16th Century, from a work by Eucharius Rößlin.
Might hospital-affiliated outpatient birth centers be a way of achieving the “Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s’ “Triple Aim” as applied t0 obstetrics?
“Improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction); improving the health of populations, and reducing the per- capita cost of healthcare.”
To read a JAMA article about this idea, please hit this link.