This article is one I’ve wanted to write for a very long time.
Thank you to all the moms and maternal health advocates (looking at you, @Unnecesarean) who’ve guided us toward public reporting on maternal care quality. https://t.co/C20wdoQHnc
.@hhsgov announced its new Maternal Health Action Plan along with a Call to Action from @Surgeon_General. Learn more at https://t.co/UEF0fU8qUI #DoMoreForMoms
Reducing the repeat cesarean birth rate was removed as an objective. We submitted a public comment urging them not to remove it, as the population with a previous CS has risen steadily for years... as has the incidence of accreta. https://t.co/5o3HjzgaVu
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.@HHSGov released Healthy People 2030 objectives today. NTSV cesarean birth rate objective is now 23.6% https://t.co/aAlW46eWIy
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#hp2030#cesareanrates
In the future Black & Latinx people will not be told they are less likely to have a vaginal delivery (and more likely to need surgery) based on an algorithm that reinforces bigotry
📡 "A new calculator without race and ethnicity is under development"
h/t @juliaradioka
Noteworthy: New Jersey was once one of the states with the highest #cesareanrates. Check out the state’s improvement over time. https://t.co/hT7u36msLl
This #HeartMonth the Jackson Safer Childbirth Experience is joining others in amplifying the importance of heart health, including women of reproductive age.
Visit us at https://t.co/WT6vNLvIWc to learn more!
#SaferChildbirthCities
“You don’t have to section all patients with pulmonary hypertension”, says #DrStephanieMartin@MySMFM#smfm20 Small series show better outcomes with vaginal deliveries.
Mississippi has the highest rate of cesarean births and low birth weights in the United States. Nationally as delivery complications rise, what are the costs to our hospitals? https://t.co/x8XWSozIZt via @modrnhealthcr
Jackson Safer Childbirth Experience, a @MerckforMothers Safer Childbirth Cities project, is using #MyBirthMatters as one of their community outreach educational tools. https://t.co/qbtth3cgww
cc: @CHCFNews
"Healthy, first-time pregnant women and birthing people have the highest chance of having a C-section they don't need."
This is why our @MerckforMothers Jackson Safer Childbirth Experience project is using the @cmqcc tool MyBirthMatters to educate our community on c-sections!
Out today in @Health_Affairs: We found that Medicaid expansion was associated with better postpartum Medicaid retention and higher utilization of outpatient care in the six months after delivery.