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• Big Results for Louisiana's Smallest Patients
  When the OB nurses at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge noticed full-term births were becoming disturbingly rare, they took action. Their commitment to make a difference eventually helped decrease the hospital's NICU admissions by 23 percent, and informed a statewide birthing initiative that has made Louisiana a leader in perinatal care.
• Using Care Bundles to Improve Health Care Quality
  This IHI white paper describes the history, theory of change, design concepts, and outcomes associated with the development and use of bundles — a small set of evidence-based interventions for a defined patient population and care setting — and reflects on learning over the past decade.
• Perinatal Ticket to Discharge
  This communication tool is given to patients by maternity center staff to help guide educational discussions and to provide a "to do" list of items that need to be completed prior to discharge from the hospital.

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• IHI Perinatal Trigger Tool
  The Perinatal Trigger Tool provides instructions for conducting a retrospective review of patient records using triggers to identify possible adverse events causing any physical harm to the infant or mother.
• Using Care Bundles to Improve Health Care Quality
  This IHI white paper describes the history, theory of change, design concepts, and outcomes associated with the development and use of bundles — a small set of evidence-based interventions for a defined patient population and care setting — and reflects on learning over the past decade.