http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/iphi/rss Recent eScholarship items from Institute for Population Health Improvement Fri, 15 May 2026 09:37:20 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/196860dg <p>The use of big data is revolutionizing many industries, although as with many things having to do with information technology, health care as an industry has been relatively slow in using big data. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in maternity care.</p><p>Pregnancy and delivery are the most common reasons for hospital admissions in California and the nation. Notwithstanding improvements in maternity outcomes and infant mortality rates in recent decades, increasing concerns have been voiced in recent years about the high and highly variable rates of early elective deliveries and Cesarean sections (C-sections), and the costs and complications associated with these procedures.</p><p>Large health care data sets are available within various state agencies that can provide a better understanding about opportunities for quality improvement (QI), but barriers to accessing those data have prevented researchers from using them to their full potential. Better methods and systems... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/196860dg Fri, 6 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Wu, Helen W Kenneth, Kizer W