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Study examines declines in availability of hospital-based obstetric services by county
A study published Jan. 7 by the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center examined the availability of hospital-based obstetric services in the U.S. by county from 2010-2023. It found 293 counties (8.6%) nationwide lost all hospital-based obstetric services during that period.
CMS no longer requiring states to report immunizations for children, pregnant women
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Dec. 30 that it will no longer require states to report measures reflecting the immunization status of children and pregnant women, but states can still report that information voluntarily.
AHA podcast: Rural Maternal Care Up Close
Eilidh Pederson, CEO at Western Wisconsin Health, shares lessons from her unique birthing experience — in which she delivered her own baby — and outlines how rural hospitals can continue to provide
AHA podcast: Changing the Tide in Maternal Health Outcomes to Reduce Morbidity and Address Equity
Veronica Gillispie-Bell, M.D., OB-GYN at Ochsner Health, discusses successful strategies to reduce maternal morbidity after childbirth, and how these solutions should always start with equity at the forefront.
AHA podcast: Culturally-sensitive Maternal Care for Indigenous Women
In this conversation, Jennifer Richards, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Jennifer Crawford, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, discuss the perspectives needed to provide maternal care for Indigenous peoples and the importance of awareness of their cultural and spiritual practices.
Hospitals, health systems win HHS postpartum care equity challenge
The Department of Health and Human Services Feb. 14 named several hospital and health system programs final phase winners in its national competition to improve equity in postpartum care for Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
AHA podcast: Woman’s Hospital’s Mobile Mammography
Lindsey Fauveau, M.D., medical director of breast surgical oncology at Woman’s Hospital, shares how the hospital’s state-of-the-art mobile unit brings 3D mammograms directly to communities across Louisiana.
NIH launches effort to reduce stillbirths
The National Institutes of Health Sept. 16 announced it has launched a consortium to help reduce preventable stillbirths across the U.S.
AHA blog: Exploring Opportunities for Innovation in Rural Maternal Care
A blog by Julia Resnik, AHA senior director of health outcomes and care transformation, describes a new project with the Commonwealth Fund that will explore how rural hospitals leverage assets in their hospital and community to maintain or expand access to care for pregnant women.
AHA responds to RFI on legislation covering rural maternal labor, delivery costs
The AHA Aug. 26 responded to a request for information as part of the introduction of the Healthy Moms and Babies Act, bipartisan legislation that seeks to improve maternal and child health by increasing services and support and coordinating care.