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Using potentially preventable severe maternal morbidity to monitor hospital performance.
February 8, 2023
Fridman M, Korst LM, Reynen DJ, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023;49(3):129-137.
Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is an international public health concern and the focus of hospital quality improvement activities. This article describes the development of a performance SMM (pSMM) that can be used to quantify potentially preventable, hospital-acquired SMM. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) SMM measure was adapted and results are stratified by hospital type.
