--- title: The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis | Maternity Care description: Maternity Care | UbiCare provides total engagement solutions enabling hospitals to be at the forefront of patient-centered innovation and value-based care through targeted education, mobile connections and real time data. --- [![logo](https://blog.ubicare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ubicare_Image/logo.png?width=250&name=logo.png)](http://www.ubicare.com/) - [Home](https://ubicare.com/) - [About](https://ubicare.com/about-ubicare/) - [Blog](https://blog.ubicare.com/) - [Client Login](https://mobile.ubicare.com) - [Contact Us](https://ubicare.com/contact/) ## [U.S. Healthcare Ranks Last Among High-Income Nations: An Rx for Immediate Improvement](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Sep 22, 2021 1:24:58 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/US%20Ranks%20Last%20blog_Featured%20Image.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement) ## Healthcare organizations can address 4 specific failures with affordable patient engagement technology The Commonwealth Fund [recently reported](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly) that healthcare in the U.S. ranks last among 11 high-income countries, based on five domains: access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity and health outcomes. Among the many failures and challenges highlighted, four have great potential for improvement, using available, affordable technologies to educate and engage healthcare consumers to be full partners in their care. --- [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/us-healthcare-ranks-last-rx-for-improvement#comments-listing) Topics: [Improving Patient Outcomes](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/improving-patient-outcomes), [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [Healthcare Technology](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/healthcare-technology), [Maternity Care](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/maternity-care), [UbiCare](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/ubicare) ## [Only 20% of hospitals meet 3 key maternity care standards. Do you?](https://blog.ubicare.com/only-20-of-hospitals-meet-3-key-maternity-care-standards) Posted by [Deirdre Wilson](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/deirdre-wilson) on Jun 7, 2019 2:30:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/GettyImages-944915006.jpg)](https://blog.ubicare.com/only-20-of-hospitals-meet-3-key-maternity-care-standards) According to Leapfrog’s latest [maternity care survey](https://www.leapfroggroup.org/maternity-care-report-2019) of more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals, only 1 in 5 are meeting national standards for lowering the incidence of 3 maternity care interventions—cesarean sections, early elective deliveries and episiotomies. Meeting these national standards means better care and outcomes for patients. It also increases a hospital’s reputation in the community, provides positive data points for expectant mothers researching their choice of hospitals for delivery, and drives down costs for both patients and payers. [Research shows](https://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Deliveries-Before-39-Weeks?IsMobileSet=false) early elective deliveries—performed prior to 39 weeks of gestation and without medical necessity—can result in both short and long term risks to the newborn and mother. An infant born prior to 39 weeks faces a [20% greater risk](https://www1.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep/initiatives/is-it-worth-it/pages/about.aspx) of significant medical consequences, including problems with breathing, feeding, and regulating body temperature. A baby's lungs, liver and brain go through a [crucial period of growth](https://www1.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep/initiatives/know-your-terms/Pages/moms.aspx) between 37 weeks and 39 weeks of gestation. Early elective deliveries also [increase the mother’s risk](https://www1.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep/initiatives/is-it-worth-it/pages/health-care-providers.aspx) of postpartum depression, stronger contractions and the need for a cesarean section. 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