Posted on Oct 13, 2023
'Irth' hospital review app aims to take the bias out of giving birth
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Like any savvy mother-to-be, Harlem-based journalist Kimberly Seals Allers made an informed decision when it came to selecting a hospital in which to give birth. She read articles and parenting blogs, scrolled through reviews, and scanned media rankings. "I really was trying to make sure I went to the best place, quote unquote," she says.
Seals Allers arrived with high expectations, but what happened next was jarring.
"Everything that I read was the standard practice of care I had to fight for," she recalls.
Seals Allers says the nurses chastised her for requesting pain relief. She ended up giving birth to her daughter Kayla by cesarean section, and was never, she says, given a satisfactory explanation for why she couldn't have a vaginal birth. Her daughter was given formula when Seals Allers clearly stated she was breastfeeding.
Like any savvy mother-to-be, Harlem-based journalist Kimberly Seals Allers made an informed decision when it came to selecting a hospital in which to give birth. She read articles and parenting blogs, scrolled through reviews, and scanned media rankings. "I really was trying to make sure I went to the best place, quote unquote," she says.
Seals Allers arrived with high expectations, but what happened next was jarring.
"Everything that I read was the standard practice of care I had to fight for," she recalls.
Seals Allers says the nurses chastised her for requesting pain relief. She ended up giving birth to her daughter Kayla by cesarean section, and was never, she says, given a satisfactory explanation for why she couldn't have a vaginal birth. Her daughter was given formula when Seals Allers clearly stated she was breastfeeding.
'Irth' hospital review app aims to take the bias out of giving birth
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."For us now to make those connections between wow, we've been working on the patient experience. We've been working on nurses being more responsive, and the hemorrhage rate is going down, we are seeing fewer needs for emergency C-sections when people are actually attended to when they say that they need help. But our key focus is the experience as the outcome. And we think that if we can improve the experience by addressing some of these negative practice behaviors that disproportionately lead to harm, that the medical outcomes will also improve."
..."For us now to make those connections between wow, we've been working on the patient experience. We've been working on nurses being more responsive, and the hemorrhage rate is going down, we are seeing fewer needs for emergency C-sections when people are actually attended to when they say that they need help. But our key focus is the experience as the outcome. And we think that if we can improve the experience by addressing some of these negative practice behaviors that disproportionately lead to harm, that the medical outcomes will also improve."
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Good for her.! She has my support. Each case is different and we can’t just put a bandaid on it anymore PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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Maj Kim Patterson "I Fear No Man" Now the Nurses that Are My Kin Scare the Holy Hell Out of Me! Respectfully CTO1 William Wesling Nagel USN(R).
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