Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) are multidisciplinary committees that convene at the state or local level to comprehensively review deaths during or within a year of pregnancy (pregnancy-associated deaths). MMRCs have access to clinical and non-clinical information (e.g., vital records, medical records, social service records) to more fully understand the circumstances surrounding each death, determine

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions increased preconception and postpartum insurance coverage among low-income birthing people, leading to greater use of outpatient care. In this study we evaluated whether the expansions affected rates of postpartum hospitalization. Medicaid Expansion Led To Reductions In Postpartum Hospitalizations | Health Affairs

Introduction: Enhanced prenatal/postnatal care home visiting programs for Medicaid-insured women have significant positive impacts on care and health outcomes. However, enhanced prenatal care participation rates are typically low, enrolling <30% of eligible women. This study investigates the impacts of a population-based systems approach on timely enhanced prenatal care participation and other healthcare utilization.    

Nearly 60 years ago, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. presented an unclouded vision, one that challenged U.S. society to pursue racial justice, at its roots.  He called for the dismantling of systems that work to uphold inequity and injustice, as Black and Brown people could not, and still cannot, do this work alone. 

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a summit at the White House to mark the first-ever federal Maternal Health Day of Action.  The Vice President issued a nationwide Call to Action to the public and private sectors, to help improve maternal health outcomes in the United States.     You can view a recording of the full day’s event below

More Ambitious Goals in 2022 Year three will be filled with excitement as we launch the creation of new AIM CCI maternal safety bundles.  Our Bundle Development Workgroups, comprised of local and national subject matter experts, will come together to develop the first two non-hospital based maternal safety bundles. After working with our pilot sites over the last year, we have learned first-hand

Dr. Haywood L. Brown recently co-authored an article published in the Journal of the National Medical Association.

Are you pregnant during the pandemic and concerned about staying healthy throughout your pregnancy?

Are you a nursing parent worried about expressing breast milk at work during the Covid-19 Pandemic?