The significance of the maternal dashboard lies in its ability to improve the quality indicators of obstetric and gynecological teaching hospitals

Abstract

The well-being of the mother and her baby can be influenced by the quality of the care they receive during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. It’s crucial to ascertain the quality of healthcare to improve it. Therefore, utilizing a maternity dashboard is vital to measure key performance indicators (KPIs), improve the quality of care, and ensure high-quality care. Objectives: To identify and determine the effectiveness of the maternity dashboard for KPIs development. Methods: In this prospective observational study, applied research was conducted to identify and determine KPIs developing by implementing a maternity dashboard in Iraq for the first time, we employed a framework organized by the implementation of a maternity Dashboard (MDB) design by Excel program, which is a traffic light program(green, amber, red), Data were collected manually from the outpatient department, labor ward, neonatal intensive care unit registers, and electronic records from January 1 to November 30/2023, in Obstetric and Gynecologic Teaching Hospital in Kerbala. Results: 1st 6 months after implementation compared with the last 6 months after implementation, the audit and feedback program were associated with statistically significant decreases (p