Maternal Health
AHA and Epic work to expand hospital use of tools that detect and treat postpartum hemorrhage, a serious childbirth complication.
The AHA July 24 announced it is collaborating with health care technology leader Epic to help hospitals adopt tools that support the early detection and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal mortality.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) and health care technology company Epic are collaborating to help more hospitals consider adopting a set of tools to aid in the detection and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) 鈥 a serious and potentially life-threatening complication of childbirth.
What started as a group of nurses and friends taking a photo during a shift change has turned into a viral social media moment 鈥 in the best way.
For Canyon Vista Medical Center (CVMC) in Sierra Vista, Arizona, it鈥檚 all in the wrist. Its new Special Delivery Program equips postpartum patients with wristbands to wear for six weeks after childbirth, serving as a visual cue for both patients and health care providers to remain alert to鈥
A Health Affairs study on the decline of obstetric services in rural and urban hospitals nationwide from 2010-2022 found that seven states had at least 25% of their hospitals report they are no longer providing obstetric services.
The latest video in the AHA鈥檚 series 鈥淢edicaid: Real Lives, Real Care鈥 features Melissa Fannon-Wisner, DNP, nurse educator and nurse practitioner at Valley Health鈥檚 Winchester Medical Center. She explains how Medicaid cuts could limit access to care for new mothers, simply because they cannot鈥
Kevin McEwan, DNP, R.N., chief nursing officer at Madison Memorial Hospital, shares how Medicaid provides vital behavioral health and maternal and child care access for vulnerable rural communities in Idaho, in the latest video in the AHA鈥檚 series 鈥淢edicaid: Real Lives, Real Care.鈥
The closure of labor and delivery services at Evanston Regional Hospital last December left a significant gap in prenatal care in southwestern Wyoming. Utah-based Intermountain Health has stepped in to fill the gap, ensuring that patients wouldn't be left without care.
n this conversation, Wrenetha Julion, Ph.D., R.N. of Rush University Medical Center, and Paul Florsheim, Ph.D. of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, discuss the collaborative Preparing for Parenthood program, success stories on how to engage fathers early in the pregnancy journey, and what鈥