Maternal Health
When parents-to-be opt to deliver their baby at a birthing center, it鈥檚 often because they want more freedom to choose their birth experience 鈥 such as pain management options, comfort techniques, assisted deliveries or just a more homelike setting.
The award-winning Beyond Birth podcast series helps bring hospital programs to life by telling personal stories of how they positively impact mothers and their families, writes Julia Resnick, AHA鈥檚 director of strategic initiatives.
The award-winning five-episode Beyond Birth podcast series covers some of the pressing issues facing maternal health and well-being.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced the approval of Delaware and Tennessee as the first states to provide diapers to children covered by Medicaid.
Lora Sparkman, VP Patient Safety and Quality at Relias, dissects the key findings of their 2024 Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Prevention Report, exploring factors contributing to maternal mortality rates, disparities in health care access, and effective interventions to address these issues. (鈥
The AHA shared a series of proposals to strengthen rural health care with the Senate Finance Committee for a hearing May 16 titled, 鈥淩ural Health Care: Supporting Lives and Improving Communities.鈥
Health care organizations can create more inclusive, responsive and effective maternal health initiatives that address the unique challenges Black women encounter during pregnancy and childbirth by codesigning care with community partners.
AHA statement on policies to ensure rural patients continue to receive access to high-quality care.
By codesigning care with community partners, hospitals can proactively and collaboratively work toward improving Black maternal health outcomes.
In the final episode of this award-winning series, learn how health care organizations are supporting new moms to enable them to thrive at work, and most importantly, at home.