Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
September 21, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
[Editor's note: I was recently contacted by a PhD student at Texas Tech University who is working with a professor at the University of Georgia to research pregnant women's experiences at work. The research team is seeking to understand how organizations can do a better job at helping pregnant women
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March 16, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Last week, Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, joined the leadership team of Saving Lives at Birth for their landmark announcement--a grant program aimed at improving maternal and infant safety in developing regions. As described on the organization's website,"To accelerate substantial
February 01, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Data can transform how maternity care is organized, delivered, and experienced. Ive written this before, and I think most of the readers of this blog would agree. But data cant do anything if its hiding. Last year, I watched DHHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, announce the Community Health Data
September 10, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
As most readers of this blog are probably already aware, The Today Show ran an inflammatory piece about home birth this morning that parroted ACOGs long-standing scare tactics and anti-midwife rhetoric. Since I just wrote a post on the safety of home birth, I thought that rather than repeating the
July 18, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Last week, I was thrilled and humbled to be asked to contribute to the On Common Groundcollection at RH Reality Check. My assignment was to write a piece from the maternity care perspective that represents common ground for people on opposing sides of the abortion debate. I was asked to help reader
July 14, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Especially in this era of Facebook and Twitter, pregnant women and those of us who influence their choices frequently come across news stories reporting on obstetric research. As with anything in the news, it's what's behind the headlines that counts.Sometimes, new research findings yield important
June 27, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
If youve been paying any attention to the health care reform conversation in this country, youve probably heard of a certain New Yorker article, in which physician Atul Gawande pays a visit to McAllen, TX, the town now infamous for having the most expensive health care in America.
June 04, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
When the FDA isnt busy rebutting the health claims of Cheerios, it sounds like these days they have their hands full with medical device approvals for modern enhancements to continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). One supposedly noninvasive device in the approval pipeline features 32
May 21, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
I was reading a Los Angeles Times article on the overuse of cesarean surgery when one quote leapt off the page at me. Said Dr. Elliot Main, chief of obstetrics of a California hospital chain, 'Cesarean birth ends up being a profit center in hospitals, so there's not a lot of incentive to reduce them
May 20, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
In the latest Listening to Mothers Survey 83% of women reported having intravenous (IV) lines in labor or birth. This number is probably not surprising to many of us IVs are part of the routine package of care in most settings, even for low-risk women. Their ubiquitous place in modern obstetrics
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