Doylestown Hospital Recognized For Maternity Care Program

Doylestown Hospital has received accolades for its maternity care program.

Independence Blue Cross announced that Doylestown Hospital has been designated as a Blue Distinction® Center+ for Maternity Care designation.

Blue Distinction Centers+ for Maternity Care, an expansion of the national Blue Distinction Specialty Care program, are hospitals recognized for delivering quality, cost-effective specialty care safely and effectively, based on objective measures developed with input from the medical community, according to Independence Blue Cross.

The new designation offered under the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program evaluates hospitals on several quality measures, including the percentage of newborns that fall into the category of early elective delivery, an ongoing concern in the medical community, according to Doylestown Hospital.

In addition, hospitals that receive a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care designation:

• Agreed to meet requirements that align with principles that support evidence-based practices of care,
• Have established programs to promote successful breastfeeding
• Have met requirements for cost efficiency.

The program also evaluates hospitals on overall patient satisfaction, including a willingness to recommend the hospital to others, according to Doylestown Hospital.

“We are committed to offering the safest maternity and newborn care for new families in our community,” said Kathy Donahue, Doylestown Health’s Director of Maternal-Child Services. “Many hospitals in the Philadelphia area have closed their maternity units, which means women have to travel long distances to receive care. It is important to us to keep new families together. We are able to care for a sick or premature baby here so parents do not have to travel to another hospital to visit their child. We offer the convenience of being close to home, yet provide the quality patient care our families expect.”

For more information about the program, visit www.bcbs.com/bluedistinction.