2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (312+ words) Sutter Health helps high-risk patients map out next steps'American Hospital Association Sutter Health is providing patients who are at high risk for breast cancer with access to a new GPS'style resource. And it wastes no time " the program activates directly…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (60+ words) New webpage on postpartum hemorrhage offers actionable resources for hospitals'American Hospital Association The AHA has published a webpage that highlights facts, causes, effects and solutions that hospitals and health systems can use for reducing the risk and severity of postpartum…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (91+ words) Eilidh Pederson, CEO at Western Wisconsin Health, shares lessons from her unique birth experience, and outlines how rural hospitals can continue to provide needed access to safe, high-quality maternity health services. Few leaders understand rural maternal care as deeply as…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (139+ words) A blog by Julia Resnik, AHA senior director of health outcomes and care transformation, describes a new project with the Commonwealth Fund that will explore how rural hospitals leverage assets in their hospital and community to maintain or expand access…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (296+ words) Every pregnant woman deserves access to high-quality maternal care " from conception through postpartum. Yet in parts of the country, some of that care is disappearing. Rural communities are bearing the brunt of maternity service losses. Between 2022 and 2025, over 80 rural hospitals…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (253+ words) The AHA Aug. 26 responded to a request for information as part of the introduction of the Healthy Moms and Babies Act, bipartisan legislation that seeks to improve maternal and child health by increasing services and support and coordinating care. The…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (221+ words) Postpartum Alert: A Life-Saving Maternal Safety Initiative aims to reduce maternal mortality and enhance care in the six weeks following childbirth Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, Neb., is striving to improve maternal health outcomes through the newly launched Postpartum Alert:…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (274+ words) RE: Healthy Moms and Babies Act " Request for Information Dear Senators Grassley and Hassan: The decision to reduce labor and delivery services is complex and one not taken lightly. Hospitals and health systems report that these decisions are largely driven…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago  (106+ words) 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 AHA July 24 announced it is…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (335+ words) Special Delivery Program wristbands for postpartum patients serve as a visual cue for patients, providers to remain alert to potential complications. For Canyon Vista Medical Center (CVMC) in Sierra Vista, Arizona, it's all in the wrist. Its new Special Delivery Program…...