FamilyStart beider Basel
At a glance
- Project leader : Beatrice Friedli, Elisabeth Kurth
- Project team : Magdalena Brigger, Isabel Fornaro, Nathalie Kaufmann, Susanne Rodmann, Susan Rodriguez, Sabine Ruch, Silvia Zeltner
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Foundation
- Project partner : Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, Schweizerischer Hebammenverband SHV
- Contact person : Beatrice Friedli
Description
Familystart beider Basel - Coordinated Care for Families with Newborns: A Participative Project with Self-employed Midwives
Background
Length of hospital stay after birth is decreasing in Switzerland,
especially as DRGs per case financing was introduced in 2012. The
outpatient care model was not prepared to fill-in the emerging gap
in the postnatal care chain. Follow up care by midwives was not
guaranteed and families experienced a lack of coordination by
professional caregiver groups.
Purpose
To develop a coordinated, safe and need-oriented postnatal care
model implemented by self-employed midwives.
Projects Activities
In an academic – service partnership a midwife researcher supported
a project team of self-employed midwives in developing a new model
for coordinated postnatal care.
1st step: Needs analysis
Expert interviews with postnatal care providers and focus groups
with new mothers and fathers to capture their needs. Ethical
approval was granted.
2nd step: Development of a new postnatal care model
Project team developed a vision of an optimal postnatal care model
and discussed possible variants in a workshop with local
midwives.
3rd step: Implementation of new care model
Network of self-employed midwives offers helpline for new parents
and guarantees home visits post discharge.
Innovative contracts between maternity clinics and
midwifery-network regulate reimbursement of postnatal services’
coordination.
Interprofessional collaboration with other postnatal care providers
is established.
Implementation
The care model was implemented into practice in November 2012. The
first year was evluated.
For current information see: www.familystart.ch