Obstetrics and Gynecologic Hospitalists and Their Focus: Impact on Safety and Quality Metrics.

Obstetrics and gynecologic hospitalists play a pivotal role in the evolution of perinatal care. Hospitalists improve patient safety by providing on-site, reliable, high-quality care. Hospitalists help to reduce the rates of unnecessary cesarean deliveries and increase the rates of vaginal deliveries.

Preventing excessive weight gain during pregnancy through dietary and lifestyle counseling: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To estimate whether an organized, consistent program of dietary and lifestyle counseling prevents excessive weight gain in pregnancy.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial assigned women to receive either an organized, consistent program of intensive dietary and lifestyle counseling or routine prenatal care. The primary study outcome was the proportion of patients whose gestational weight gain was within the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines.