Innovation to Providing Interprofessional Maternity Care

Innovation to the Provision of Maternity Care in Hamilton: An Inter- and Intraprofessional Collaboration

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00961987

Enrollment

700

Registered

2009-08-19

Start date

2009-10-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2009-08-19

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Conditions

Pregnancy

Keywords

Maternity care, Interprofessional collaboration, Continuity of Care, Integration

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.

Interventions

OTHERCollaborative model

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.

OTHERUsual 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

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

16 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 16 years of age or older * Attending their intake appointment at the Centre * Ability to understand English * Legal status in Canada

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient outcomes (birth outcomes)	9 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Healthcare utilization	9 months
Patient satisfaction	9 months

Countries

Canada

Contacts

Primary ContactChristine Rodriguez, MSc

rodrigmc@mcmaster.ca905-525-9140

Backup ContactKeyna Bracken, MD

bracken@mcmaster.ca905-528-5553

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026