Maternal Health
The Children鈥檚 Hospital of San Antonio 鈥 a 196-bed facility and one of CHRISTUS Health鈥檚 32 hospitals across rural and urban Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico 鈥 conducts simulation drills using Practicing for Patients, a free obstetrics simulation program, on its labor and delivery unit to鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 25 webinar on improving maternal health during the postpartum period.
With perinatal mood and anxiety disorders the single largest complication of pregnancy and childbirth, a new AHA infographic highlights five key ways to prioritize maternal mental health based on hospitals with successful programs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a learning collaborative and webinar series to help state Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program agencies improve maternal and infant health by reducing cesarean deliveries for low-risk pregnancies.
The Senate last night passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that would fund the federal government through the end of the current fiscal year.
The House of Representatives last night passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that would fund the federal government through the end of the current fiscal year. The legislation also includes provisions beneficial to hospitals and health systems.
The House Appropriations Committee announced an agreement on omnibus appropriations legislation funding the federal government through the end of the current fiscal year.
In AHA鈥檚 newest Advancing Health podcast, recorded for International Women鈥檚 Day and Women鈥檚 History Month, Priya Bathija, AHA鈥檚 vice president of strategic initiatives, talks to journalist and author Anushay Hossain about the health care experience of women, particularly women of color.
The health care experiences of many women, especially women of color, are untold. In her book, 鈥淭he Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women鈥, author and journalist Anushay Hossain shares her own trauma of giving birth
Every year, more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. suffer from heart attacks and strokes and more than 870,000 die from a cardiovascular disease. Though those numbers are alarming, what is more distressing is that 80% of those deaths are preventable.