Maternal Health
Eilidh Pederson, CEO at Western Wisconsin Health, shares lessons from her unique birthing experience — in which she delivered her own baby — and outlines how rural hospitals can continue to provide needed access to safe, high-quality maternity health services in rural America. LISTEN NOW
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.
Nothing can ever completely prepare a woman for pregnancy and childbirth, but East Alabama Medical Center’s Birth Navigator program aims to get as close as possible.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing has earned preaccreditation to establish the state's first nurse-midwifery program, expanding maternal and reproductive health education for students.
Learn how leaders at District of Columbia Hospital Association, Temple Health, University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Mama’s Voices are pursuing patient and community experiences to co-develop innovative solutions, enhance community partnerships and build trusting provider-patient…
Lindsey Fauveau, M.D., medical director of breast surgical oncology at Woman’s Hospital, shares how the hospital’s state-of-the-art mobile unit brings 3D mammograms directly to communities across Louisiana.
From finding innovative ways to strengthen the workforce and gaining insights on how to navigate change and adversity to leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance clinical workflows, the upcoming AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference offers a wealth of learning and networking…
An expectant mother needing spinal surgery was treated successfully thanks to skillful surgeons and outstanding coordination among clinical teams at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn.
The National Institutes of Health Sept. 16 announced it has launched a consortium to help reduce preventable stillbirths across the U.S.
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 to care for pregnant women.