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Infant Related  CDC interim guidelines for U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday issued interim guidelines for U.S. health care providers caring for infants born to mothers who traveled or lived in an area with Zika virus transmission during their pregnancy.

Three states expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2015, and many states improved their Medicaid enrollment and renewal processes and coordination with Health Insurance Marketplaces, according to the latest annual survey by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.

James E. Shmerling, D.H.A., M.B.A, president and CEO of Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Maternal and Child Health Governing Council.

As we swing into the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) reminds us to make our health a priority this season so we don’t give our loved ones the gift of the flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created NIVW as a national observance that highlights the importance of continuing influenza vaccination.

The AHA, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Children’s Hospital Association yesterday urged President Obama to fully fund the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program at its authorized level of $300 million in the Department of Health and Human Services budget for fiscal year 2017. “The 56 freestanding children’s hospitals that receive CHGME funding train approximately half of all future pediatricians and the majority of all residents in pediatric subspecialties,” the organizations wrote.

Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often first responders with limited experience in managing primary cardiac arrest and ACLS pregnancy modifications. Multidisciplinary simulations improve performance in catastrophe management but few studies regarding MCA simulation education exist.

Monday, December 15, 2014 On behalf of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Sections for Maternal and Child Health and Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services, we invite you to join us as we explore two unique models of care for the early identification and treatment of pregnant substance abusing women. Each hospital – one a women's and children's hospital and the other a psychiatric facility – have made a commitment to improve the experiences and outcomes for women of all socioeconomic status who are pregnant and have a substance abuse disorder.  

p, ul { font-size: 16px; color: #555 } About AHA -->The Section for Maternal and Child Health is guided by a council composed of 15 individuals representing health care leadership from some of the country's leading women's and children's health provider organizations and systems. Committee members serve as elected or appointed representatives of their member peers.