North Memorial Health in Minnesota’s Twin Cities metro area focused specifically on preventing postpartum hemorrhage through early identification of risk and rapid detection and treatment. As a result of their efforts, they saw a 40% relative reduction in postpartum hemorrhages in the first year and a half of their program, with as many as 700 patients avoiding a hemorrhage between 2016 and 2020.
How They Did It:
- Screened patients for postpartum hemorrhage risk
- Standardized hemorrhage protocols
- Used a quantitative blood loss calculator
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