Patient Safety Series - 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award Winner: GMBC

Includes a Live Web Event on 01/15/2026 at 12:00 PM (EST)

Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) has advanced its mission to improve community health through a nurse-led initiative aimed at reducing primary Cesarean section (C-section) rates and related disparities among obstetrical patients. Aligned with Maryland’s Statewide Integrated Health Improvement Strategy (SIHIS) and supported by evidence on the risks and inequities associated with C-sections, the GBMC Labor and Delivery team focused on promoting movement in labor and implementing individual nursing C-section rate scorecards. Using GBMC’s Leadership System and equity-driven quality improvement methods, the team achieved a reduction in the Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex (NTSV) C-section rate from 35.5% to 28.2%, along with decreases in severe maternal morbidity and newborn complications. Notably, racial and socioeconomic disparities in these outcomes were eliminated. Key drivers of success included nurse engagement, transparent data sharing, and collaborative refinement of labor support practices through continuous improvement cycles.

Megan Olszewski, MSN, RNC-OB

Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Megan Olszewski has been a nurse for a little over 30 years, the last 25 years in Maternal Newborn Health, 12 of those at GBMC as a nurse then nurse manager. She as always had a passion for investigating ways to improve patient care and outcomes, and she loves being able to integrate that into her leadership, to impact both families and the team.

Jodie Bell, MSN, RN, IBCLC

Assistant Director MNH and the Perinatal Program at GBMC

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Jodie Bell has been a nurse at GBMC for over 40 years, working in the Maternal Newborn Health area for the last 32 years first as a nurse, then as a nurse manager and now Assistant Director. She is passionate about having systems and standards in place to provide the safest care and most positive outcomes possible for their patients with the best support for their team of caregivers. 

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Patient Safety Series - 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award Winner: GBMC
01/15/2026 at 12:00 PM (EST)  |  60 minutes
01/15/2026 at 12:00 PM (EST)  |  60 minutes Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) has advanced its mission to improve community health through a nurse-led initiative aimed at reducing primary Cesarean section (C-section) rates and related disparities among obstetrical patients. Aligned with Maryland’s Statewide Integrated Health Improvement Strategy (SIHIS) and supported by evidence on the risks and inequities associated with C-sections, the GBMC Labor and Delivery team focused on promoting movement in labor and implementing individual nursing C-section rate scorecards. Using GBMC’s Leadership System and equity-driven quality improvement methods, the team achieved a reduction in the Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex (NTSV) C-section rate from 35.5% to 28.2%, along with decreases in severe maternal morbidity and newborn complications. Notably, racial and socioeconomic disparities in these outcomes were eliminated. Key drivers of success included nurse engagement, transparent data sharing, and collaborative refinement of labor support practices through continuous improvement cycles.
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