ACOG Paper: Obstetric Safety & Quality
Obstetric safety and quality is an emerging and important topic not only as a result of the pressures of patient and regulatory expectations, but also because of the genuine interest…
Consensus Bundle on Obstetric Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage is the most frequent cause of severe maternal morbidity and preventable maternal mortality and therefore is an ideal topic for the initial national maternity patient safety bundle. Main, Elliott…
Report highlights disparities leading to high infant mortality rates
Save the Children has released its 2015 “State of the World’s Mothers” report, entitled The Urban Disadvantage, highlighting the health disparities hidden in urban areas. The report details the high…
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ACNM: Tools for Optimizing the Outcomes of Labor Safely
Birthtools: Tools for Optimizing the Outcomes of Labor Safely…
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ACOG Paper: Contraception After Delivery and Short Interpregnancy Intervals
Contraception After Delivery and Short Interpregnancy Intervals Among Women in the United States by Kari White, PhD, MPH, Stephanie B. Teal, MD, MPH, and Joseph E. Potter, PhD was published…
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AAP Paper: Fewer hospitals distributing formula packs
Trends of US Hospitals Distributing Infant Formula Packs to Breastfeeding Mothers, 2007 to 2013. Jennifer M. Nelson, MD, MPH, Ruowei Li, MD, PhD, Cria G. Perrine, PhD Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To…
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AJOG Paper Highlight: Pregnancy-Related Cardiovascular Deaths in California
Pregnancy-Related Cardiovascular Deaths in California- Beyond Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Hameed AB, Lawton ES, McCain C, Morton CH, Mitchell C, Main EK, Foster E, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2015), doi:…
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AJOG Paper Highlight: Center of Excellence for Placenta Accreta
Center of Excellence for Placenta Accreta. Silver, Robert M., Fox, Karin A.; Barton, John R.; Abuhamad, Alfred Z.; Simhan, Hyagriv; Huls, C. Kevin; Belfort, Michael A.; Wright, Jason D. American…
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Call to Action Addresses Safety in Labor and Delivery
Transforming Communication and Safety Culture in Intrapartum Care: A Multi-Organization Blueprint Lyndon, Audrey; Johnson, M. Christina; Bingham, Debra; Napolitano, Peter G.; Joseph, Gerald; Maxfield, David G.; O’Keeffe, Daniel F. Published…
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ACOG Committee Opinion: Screening for Perinatal Depression
ACOG released Committee Opinion No. 630: Screening for Perinatal Depression in the May 2015 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ABSTRACT: Perinatal depression, which includes major and minor depressive episodes that…
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AAP Paper: Prescription Opioid Epidemic and Infant Outcomes
Prescription Opioid Epidemic and Infant Outcomes. Stephen W. Patrick, Judith Dudley, Peter R. Martin, Frank E. Harrell, Michael D. Warren, Katherine E. Hartmann, E. Wesley Ely, Carlos G. Grijalva, and…
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ACOG Committee Opinion: Clinical Guidelines and Standardization of Practice
ACOG released Committee Opinion No. 629: Clinical Guidelines and Standardization of Practice to Improve Outcomes in the April issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ABSTRACT: Protocols and checklists have been shown…
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ACNM Paper: Midwife and Physician Collaboration
The March/April 2015 issue of the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health included multiple articles addressing interprofessional collaboration between midwives and physicians….
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JOGNN issue focuses on Nurse Staffing – March/Apr 2015
Multiple articles related to nurse staffing. (March/April, 2015)…
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ACOG & SMFM Consensus Statement: Levels of Maternal Care
ACOG published Obstetric Care Consensus No. 2 Levels of Maternal Care in the February 2015 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abstract: In the 1970s, studies demonstrated that timely access to…
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CDC Report: Prescription Opioid Use among Women of Reproductive Age
The CDC has released the report Opioid Prescription Claims Among Women of Reproductive Age — United States, 2008–2012 in the January 23, 2015 MMWR. Of women of reproductive age, 39%…
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AWHONN Position Statement: Role of the Registered Nurse in the Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia and Anesthesia by Catheter Techniques
Role of the Registered Nurse in the Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia and Anesthesia by Catheter Techniques (January 2015)…
AWHONN Position Statement: Breastfeeding
The Association of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nurses released a position statement, Breastfeeding, in the January/February 2015 issue of JOGNN….
ACOG Practice Bulletin: Management of Late-Term and Postterm Pregnancies
Practice Bulletin No. 146: Management of Late-Term and Postterm Pregnancies (August 2014) Abstract: Postterm pregnancy refers to a pregnancy that has reached or extended beyond 42 0/7 weeks of gestation…
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