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Best Practices for Equitable Maternal Care

This new AHA resource highlights ways health care organizations can foster equitable practices in maternal care, individually and systemically.
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Hospitals and health systems can play an important role in ensuring children and adolescents receive the behavioral health care they need to thrive.
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A California hospital's simple, secret weapon for treating postpartum patients

Modern medical technology has led to remarkable advancements, but staff at Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta know that something as basic as a strategically labeled bracelet can help save a life.
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Maternal Mental Health

Maternal Mental HealthMental health and substance use issues are the leading underlying causes of maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Stellar care helps identical quadruplets to thrive in Arizona

Rachel and Marco Vargas recently welcomed four identical baby girls at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, a rare occurrence with odds estimated at one in 40 million.
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Hospital’s ‘Warm Line’ Offers Postpartum Support for New Moms

To help support moms and dads with newborns, Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., part of Care New England, established The Warm Line. It’s a toll-free telephone support system staffed by professional nurses.
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Through GRACE, Baton Rouge’s Woman’s Hospital Delivers Second Chances for Pregnant Patients Battling Addictions

The Guiding Recovery and Creating Empowerment (GRACE) program at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., provides nonjudgmental support and resources to women who need help with substance misuse during pregnancy.
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Better Health for Mothers and Babies Toolkit: Issue Brief

Hospitals and health systems play a critical role in improving maternal and infant health outcomes throughout the perinatal period. Through the Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative, the AHA is catalyzing hospitals’ ongoing commitment to reducing disparities in maternal health outcomes.
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Meeting Patients’ Perinatal Mental Health Needs

Hospitals can play a key role in building holistic treatment and support for perinatal mental health disorders during this critical period.
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How a Rural Health System Continues to Provide Essential Obstetric Services

In this conversation, Julie Petersen, CEO of Kittitas Valley Healthcare, discusses how her organization kept its promise to preserve essential obstetric services for women of all ages.