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Better Health for Mothers and Babies Toolkit: Discussion Guide
This discussion guide is designed to help teams of health care leaders identify opportunities to advance their pregnancy and postpartum care strategies. The questions are aligned with the four core principles that AHA encourages hospitals to apply to their maternal health improvement efforts.
Northwestern CDH TeamSTEPPS Success Story
Leaders choose TeamSTEPPS because it integrates well with existing patient safety program and starts rollout in Women and Children’s division.
Houston Methodist Willowbrook TeamSTEPPS Success Story
To address preventable obstetric issues, Houston Methodist strengthens protocols with simulation training and communication tools like TeamSTEPPS.
Hospital Provides Newborns with 'Readiness Bags' for Early Education
Plenty of babies and parents leave the hospital with a few gifts, whether it’s a signature onesie or an extra pack of diapers. But for those leaving University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, the “Readiness Bag” is not just for the body, but for the mind.
Strategies for Improving Postpartum Hemorrhage Outcomes
AHA and Epic work to expand hospital use of tools that detect and treat postpartum hemorrhage, a serious childbirth complication.
Members in Action Case Study: Eliminating Disparities in Birth Outcomes
Spectrum Health’s Maternal Infant Health Program offers personalized services to help mothers and families have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Case Study: Improving Access and Quality of Maternal and Infant Services in Rural Iowa
Rising costs and a shortage of health care providers make access to services challenging, especially in rural communities.
BCBSA Sets Out to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal Health by 50% in the Next Five Years
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) launched a national strategy on April 20 to address racial health disparities, starting with maternal health. This multiyear strategy is built on harnessing data analytics to measure and track disparities and taking programs that work for individual Blues plans and bringing them to scale.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Main Line Health
Main Line Health’s strategic collection and utilization of data, as well as its targeted interventions to eliminate disparities within its community, have earned the not-for-profit health system the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.
Members in Action Maternal Case Study: Partnering to Improve Birth Outcomes in a Rural Community
In 2015, Kearny launched the Pioneer Baby program in partnership with KU School of Medicine-Wichita to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes by reducing pregnancy complications, premature births, low- or extremely high-birth weight, and cesarean sections while increasing breastfeeding rates.