Maternal Health
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved 13 health care bills, including legislation that would reauthorize the AHA-supported Healthy Start program and codify Medicaid coverage for non-emergency medical transportation.
Members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus introduced a package of bills supported by the AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership to prevent maternal mortality and racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes.
AHA Executive Vice President Tom NIckels provides a statement on the black maternal health Momnibus Act.
Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minn.
OB Nest Redesigns Prenatal Care for Low-risk Pregnancies
Mayo Clinic developed the OB Nest program to optimize prenatal care for low-risk expectant mothers and transform care from a medicalized model to an innovative wellness model. Patients enrolled in the program…
The AHA invites rural hospitals and health systems to participate in the Better Maternal Outcomes Rapid Improvement Network — a free, six-month program focused on maternal outcomes and respectful care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health seeks public input through April 12 on opportunities to improve health care access, quality and outcomes before, during and after pregnancy for women and infants in rural communities.
Discover evidence-based toolkits from the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) to achieve significant results in maternal health outcomes.
There is no risk-free setting for giving birth, whether at home, a birth center or a hospital, according to a report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Each birth setting has both risks and benefits, the study committee found.
Since implementing best practices related to maternal hemorrhaging, Titus Regional Medical Center’s maternal morbidity rate related to blood loss has been reduced significantly.
Homicide was a leading cause of maternal deaths in Louisiana during 2016 and 2017, exceeding any single pregnancy-associated cause, according to a study reported this week in JAMA Pediatrics.