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Ep. 122 Exploring the OB Hospitalist Model in Obstetrics with Dr. Maliha Sayla
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- BackTable Women's Health
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- Jun 23, 2026
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- 2548
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Summary
Lower C-section rates, faster deliveries, and less physician burnout: could the OB hospitalist model deliver all three? In this episode of BackTable Women’s Health, host Dr. Nicole Faulkner interviews Dr. Maliha Sayla, a board-certified OBGYN and medical director of labor and delivery at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, to explore how the OB hospitalist model is reshaping care for physicians, patients, and healthcare systems. --- Get the BackTable apphttps://www.backtable.com/app --- Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 03:27 - Why Hospitalists Matter05:33 - How Their Model Works07:15 - Managing Pushback10:18 - Measuring Better Outcomes15:58 - Drills and Emergencies19:50 - Staffing and Transition24:33 - ROI and OB-ED26:33 - Residents and Teaching30:52 - Future Flexible OB Careers34:14 - Patient Acceptance of Model36:47 - Collaboration and Lifestyle Balance40:00 - Conclusion --- More about this episode Dr. Sayla shares her journey from traditional private practice to full-time OB hospitalist work, explaining how this model reduces physician burnout by making labor and delivery a dedicated role rather than one juggled alongside clinic visits, surgeries, and administrative responsibilities. She details her institution’s staffing structure, where hospitalists provide continuous labor and delivery coverage, allowing generalist OBGYNs to focus on outpatient care. Dr. Sayla highlights the benefits of having dedicated physicians available for bedside counseling, fetal monitoring, and real-time decision-making. The episode explores improvements in communication, collaboration, and patient outcomes, including lower NTSV (Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex) cesarean rates and shorter induction-to-delivery times after adopting the hospitalist model. Additionally, she discusses…