Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
April 25, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
If you haven't heard, the Joint Commission, the organization that accredits U.S. hospitals, has recently rolled out a bundle of perinatal quality measures. These measures are designed for hospitals to track and improve their performance on indicators of perinatal quality, including the proportion of
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November 16, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Consider the Source is a new series of interviews with prominent researchers working to improve the health outcomes of women and infants around the time of childbirth.A member of the faculty at the University Rhode Island, Judith Mercer, PhD, CNM, FACNM, is the Principal Investigator on a randomized
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
September 07, 2009 | by: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
[Editors Note: This is our fourth installment of guest posts from Lamaze Internationals 2009 Annual Conference speakers. Dr. Kendall-Tackett will present the Opening Plenary Address at this years conference. You can listen to podcast interviews will all of our plenary speakers online.
July 31, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Lamaze International launched Science & Sensibility to bring updates and analysis on new research to childbirth educators and other birth professionals as early as possible. We know you are on the front lines, answering questions about newsworthy research and bringing the latest evidence-based
July 29, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Advocates for evidence based care feel our ears perk up when we hear about a new Cochrane systematic review. Cochrane Review = Evidence! Right? Indeed, systematic reviews represent the top of the "evidence pyramid" and Cochrane systematic reviews are the gold standard for their rigor and
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 05, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Theres a new study out in the current issue of Birth that bolsters the already remarkable body of evidence favoring skin-to-skin care (rather than placing the baby on a warmer or swaddling it) right after birth. Russian researchers exposed mothers and their babies to some skin-to-skin time in the
May 04, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
There was a fascinating post on Nursing Birth today about the giving and taking of informed consent for anesthesia (epidurals, etc.) for labor and birth. Already, there is a very eye-opening discussion brewing among her readers.I really liked the way the author, who is an anonymous practicing labor
April 17, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
A doula friend of mine was telling me recently about the seemingly arbitrary variation she sees across the different hospitals where she attends births. In one hospital they always turn the epidural off when the woman is ready to push, and in another hospital just a few miles away we had to fight
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