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Innovation
NYC Program Helping Expectant Mothers Gets $2M to Expand Reach
The grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will help NYC Health + Hospitals' innovative HoPE program expand its reach to...
Strategy
Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Healthcare at Risk
Clinical Care
El Camino Health Maternal Mood Services Program Generating Positive Results
The Mountain View, California-based health system's initiative features a partial hospitalization program and an intensive outpatient program.
Clinical Care
Racial Maternal Health Disparity: 'We Need to Address Racism in All Forms'
The maternal mortality rate for Black women is nearly three times higher than the maternal mortality rate for White women,...
Nursing
How Nurses Can Help Curb High Maternal Mortality Rates in Black Women
Battling racism is the Rx for safer and healthier moms and babies, educator says.
Clinical Care
Federal Study Calls U.S. Stillbirth Rate 'Unacceptably High' and Recommends Action
An NIH report decried stillbirths as a 'major public health concern' and said the nation needed to do more to...
Innovation
How to Use New Technology to Make a Meaningful Connection
With the nation's maternal mortality rate rising, hospitals are turning to text messages to make a connection with at-risk mothers.
Clinical Care
Addressing Maternal Mortality Through Cardiovascular Care
CommonSpirit Health has launched several efforts that target cardiovascular care in maternal health.
Clinical Care
The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?
Since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, many maternal-fetal specialists worry that the incidence of premature birth will soar.
Clinical Care
ECRI: Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Top Patient Safety Concern of 2023
Workforce shortages contribute to several patient safety concerns this year.
Technology
New Jersey Health Systems Launch Digital Health Coalition to Address Maternity Care
The Healthcare Transformation Consortium and Wildflower Health are partnering on a value-based care program that will give health systems and...
Clinical Care
The Tests Are Vital. But Congress Decided that Regulation Is Not.
Money and lobbying help shield lab-developed tests, including prenatal screenings, from heightened federal scrutiny.