Across the country, rural hospitals and health systems are finding innovative ways to strengthen and sustain maternal care so that families in their communities can access the care they need close to home.
Through interviews, site visits and focus groups, the AHA gathered insights from hospital leaders to identify practical strategies, lessons learned and real-world examples. Together, these insights offer a roadmap for rural hospitals working to strengthen maternal care.
VOICES FROM THE FIELD
Frontiers: A Rural Maternal Health Podcast Series
Frontiers is a three-episode documentary podcast series from Advancing Health featuring rural hospital and health system leaders working to strengthen maternal care in their communities. Go behind the scenes and hear stories from hospitals on how they are helping keep maternal care within reach.
Committing to Rural Maternal Care
What happens when leaders decide that maternal care belongs in their community — and commit to making it work? Hear how rural hospital leaders are turning that commitment into action and finding new possibilities for sustaining maternal care close to home.
Delivering Care Together
Rural hospitals are rethinking how they build and sustain the teams behind maternal care. Leaders are creating new pathways into the workforce, investing in training and bringing together the skills and expertise needed to support families in rural communities.
Bridging the Distance
Rural doesn’t have to mean disconnected. Hospitals are using technology-enabled care and strong regional partnerships to connect rural communities with clinical expertise and expand access to nearby maternal care.
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
AHA Webinar
Stronger Teams, Closer Care: Reimagining the Rural Maternal Health Workforce
NOV. 17 | 1 P.M. ET | Noon CT
Join healthcare leaders from Avera Health, Banner Health, Dartmouth Health and Western Wisconsin Health to hear practical strategies for building interdisciplinary teams, leveraging diverse skills and expertise, and developing the next generation of the workforce to sustain maternal care.
Insights
Hear from the AHA and member hospitals in these blogs on their strategies to sustain maternal care in communities.
Exploring Opportunities for Innovation in Rural Maternal Care
Learn how the AHA is identifying strategies rural hospitals can use to sustain maternal care.
How Connected Care Networks Are Strengthening Rural Maternal Care
Rural hospitals and health systems are building connected care networks to share expertise, workforce and resources while keeping maternal care close to home.
Supported by the Commonwealth Fund, a national, private foundation based in New York City that supports independent research on healthcare issues and distributes grants to improve healthcare practice and policy. The views presented here are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Commonwealth Fund, its directors, officers or staff.