Strategic Research for improving quality in healthcare
Supporting care on the day of birth
Our work focuses on care during labor and birth with a particular emphasis on WHO Labour Care Guide, supporting the newborn immediately after birth and making every birth and resuscitation a learning event.
Supporting implementation of Labour Care Guide in Norway
Short name:
NORWELCG
Objectives and aim:
Sykehuset Østfold is leading the NORWELCG study and needed a digital tool to visualize a slow birth progress as defined by the WHO Labour Care Guide.
LabourView is an open web page with graphics to illustrate progress of labour in labour and time of slow progress.
Links to partner page:
https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/research-projects/norwegian-who-labour-care-guide-trial
Supporting transition at birth with new monitoring technology
Short name:
Birth Transition Support
Objectives and aim:
To provide information about physiological changes in heart and lung function immediately after birth when the body adapts from intra to extra uterine life. The information will support decisions and help track the effectiveness of interventions.
Principal Investigator:
Anne Lee Solevåg, Rikshospitalet
PhD student:
Stine Marie Brekke, Rikshospitalet
Funding:
Helse Øst
Clinical trials:
SIKT
Laerdal concept:
New sensor technology complements heart rate from NeoBeat immediately after birth, also when the baby is placed on the mother’s belly with intact cord. We measure changes in lung volume due to breathing and ventilation, changes in oxygenation, and changes in perfusion. Sensor information will be processed and presented on a monitor.
Learn from every birth and resuscitation
Short name:
Safer Births Scandinavia
Objectives and Aim:
The Safer Births Scandinavia network conducts research on newborn resuscitation by systematically collecting data in a population-based observational study. The intervention is "facilitated data-guided debriefing" using objective data/video from resuscitations to support learning and improve practices.
Partners:
Helse Stavanger, Universitet of Stavanger, SAFER, Nordlandsykehuset, Helse Førde, St. Gøran Hospital (Sweden), Landspitali (Iceland).
Funding:
Multiple
Laerdal develops a digital solution that accommodates data-driven learning after newborn resuscitation. The solution is part of Liveborn Web, where data from observations, NeoBeat and video is combined and arranged for a learning purpose.
