Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health works to reduce infant mortality; Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut cares for the vulnerable and uninsured; and Greenville Health System in South Carolina makes great strides in preventing low birthweight and premature births.
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by Talia Schmidt
Penn Medicine uses digital technology to help postpartum women take control of their blood pressure.
President Trump on Dec. 21 signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act (H.R. 1318), AHA-supported legislation that will provide funding for states to develop maternal mortality review committees to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions.
by Genevieve Diesing
Adventist Health White Memorial is connecting pregnant women and mothers who live in poverty to the resources and care they need to best support their children; four Detroit hospitals and health systems created a task force to dramatically reduce the region’s infant mortality rate; and The Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network brings together a vast assortment of knowledge across disciplines to advance perinatal care.
The Senate yesterday passed and sent to the president for his signature AHA-supported legislation that would provide funding for states to develop maternal mortality review committees to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions.
The House of Representatives today passed AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 1318) that would provide funding for states to develop maternal mortality review committees to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions.
AHA today joined more than 80 organizations in urging House and Senate leaders to bring H.R. 1318/S. 1112 to the floor for a vote before yearend. The AHA-supported legislation would provide federal funding for states to develop maternal mortality review committees to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions.
Mothers and infants enrolled in the Strong Start birth centers model had $2,010 lower costs on average, 25 percent lower preterm birth rates and better birth outcomes than other comparable women enrolled in Medicaid.
The Institute for Medicaid Innovation today released a new report that provides an overview of maternal behavioral health; risk factors, outcomes, and implications of maternal behavioral health disorders; barriers to obtaining behavioral health services; and opportunities for community organizations and Medicaid managed care to address maternal behavioral health.
In a commentary published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, several maternal health experts suggest four actions that “every hospital” can adopt to reduce maternal mortality.
AHA today voiced support for the Maternal Health Accountability Act (S. 1112).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch a Medicaid payment model next fall that aims to improve care and reduce expenditures for pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorders.
Over the last six flu seasons, getting a flu shot reduced a pregnant woman’s risk of being hospitalized from flu by an average of 40 percent, according to a study co-authored by the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention.
The Health Resources and Services Administration this week awarded $12.4 million to help states expand access to behavioral health care for children and pregnant women.
The U.S. death rate decreased 8% between 2006 and 2016, to about 729 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to the latest annual report on the nation’s health by the National Center for Health Statistics, which includes a special feature on mortality.
As part of the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the American Organization of Nurse Executives will host a webinar Sept. 12 at 12 p.m. ET exploring the issue of human trafficking from the perspective of a mother of a survivor.
The Senate yesterday approved by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation to reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, sending it to the president for his signature.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday published clinical guidelines for health care providers treating children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also known as concussion.
by Genevieve Diesing
UMass Memorial is bringing care to low-income children through a mobile clinic; Winona Health is showing children that physical activity can be fun; and FirstHealth provides dental services to tens of thousands of kids who need them.
In children, antibiotics are the leading cause of emergency department visits for adverse drug events.