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GNM 810046 NEW: Millbank Report on Evidence-Based Maternity Care Susan

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GNM 810046 NEW: Millbank Report on Evidence-Based Maternity Care

Posted by: " Susan Hodges " shodgesmwy   shodgesmwy

Wed Oct 8, 2008 4:41 pm (PDT)

Grassroots Network Message 810046

NEW: Millbank Report on Evidence-Based Maternity Care

 

Dear Friends,

 

I have just received the e-mail below from Carol Sakala of

Childbirth Connection announcing the release of this new Milbank

Report. I’ve only glanced through, and it looks like it will

be a gold mine of data and figures to make the case for maternity

care reforms, in addition to its analyses and policy

recommendations!

 

The authors are Carol Sakala and Maureen Corey, senior staff at

Childbirth Connection.

 

The entire 128-page report is on the Childbirth Connection

website, free! Do read it!

 

Sincerely,

Susan Hodges, “gatekeeper”

 

 

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:00:58 -0400

Milbank Report release: Evidence-Based Maternity Care

Carol Sakala <sakala@childbirthco nnection. org>

Dear Friends,

 

I am writing to announce the release today of a new report,

Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can

Achieve.

 

The report takes stock of the U.S. maternity care system,

identifies many opportunities for improving the quality,

outcomes, and value of maternity care, and presents policy

recommendations. It was developed through a collaboration among

Childbirth Connection, the Reforming States Group, and the

Milbank Memorial Fund.

 

For access to the report, please go to

http://www.childbir thconnection. org/ebmc/

<http://www.childbir thconnection. org/ebmc/> (this appears within

a new section on our website, Maternity Quality Matters, at

http://www.childbir thconnection. org/article. asp?ClickedLink= 919 & c\

k=10576 & area= 27

<http://www.childbir thconnection. org/article. asp?ClickedLink= 919 & \

amp;ck=10576 & amp;area= 27> ).

 

The report was covered in two articles in today's USA Today:

 

http://www.usatoday .com/news/ health/2008- 10-08-childbirth -fixes_n\

..htm

<http://www.usatoday .com/news/ health/2008- 10-08-childbirth -fixes_\

n.htm>

http://www.usatoday .com/news/ health/2008- 10-08-childbirth -costs_n\

..htm

<http://www.usatoday .com/news/ health/2008- 10-08-childbirth -costs_\

n.htm>

 

Consumer Reports also posted an article and a quiz:

 

http://www.consumer reports.org/ health/medical- conditions- treatmen\

ts/pregnancy- childbirth/ maternity- care/overview/ maternity- care.ht\

m

<http://www.consumer reports.org/ health/medical- conditions- treatme\

nts/pregnancy- childbirth/ maternity- care/overview/ maternity- care.h\

tm>

http://www.consumer reports.org/ health/medical- conditions- treatmen\

ts/pregnancy- childbirth/ maternity- care/maternity- care-quiz/ matern\

ity-care-quiz. htm

<http://www.consumer reports.org/ health/medical- conditions- treatme\

nts/pregnancy- childbirth/ maternity- care/maternity- care-quiz/ mater\

nity-care-quiz. htm>

 

We would be grateful for your help in alerting colleagues to the

availability of Evidence-Based Maternity Care.

 

Best wishes,

Carol

 

 

Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH of Programs

Childbirth Connection

 

T 508-651-2442

F 508-651-2443

sakala@childbirthco nnection. org

http://www.childbir thconnection. org

<http://www.childbir thconnection. org/>

 

Transforming Maternity Care: A High Value Proposition

Childbirth Connection’s 90th anniversary symposium, April

2009

 

Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization

founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is

to improve the quality of maternity care through research,

education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes

safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care for

all women and their families.

 

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