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ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Late Preterm
Late Preterm and Special Education Needs

Maternal Health
Growing Obesity Increases Perils of Childbearing - The New York Times Online, June 5, 2010

Maternal Health is a Human Right - Amnesty International USA Online

Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies - Time Online, March 12, 2010

Patient Safety
Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm (Parts 1-4) - Discovery Channel Videos

Doctor Leads Quest for Safer Ways to Care for Patients - The New York Times Online, March 8, 2010

Do You Hold Staff Accountable for Safety? - Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine Online, February 2010

Patient Safety Advisory - Patient Safety Authority: Commonwealth of PA, December 2009

Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Carts, Kits, Trays - California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC)

Posters
Pregnant Women and Seat Belts

Pregnancy and Childbirth
Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines - The New York Times Online, March 10, 2010

Vaginal Birth After Caesarean: New Insights - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 10, 2010

Quality Improvement
Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity - March of Dimes, October 2009


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Contract All \| Expand All ARTICLES OF INTEREST Late Preterm Late Preterm and Special Education Needs Maternal Health Growing Obesity Increases Perils of Childbearing - The New York Times Online, June 5, 2010 Maternal Health is a Human Right - Amnesty International USA Online Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies - Time Online, March 12, 2010 Patient Safety Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm (Parts 1-4) - Discovery Channel Videos Doctor Leads Quest for Safer Ways to Care for Patients - The New York Times Online, March 8, 2010 Do You Hold Staff Accountable for Safety? - Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine Online, February 2010 Patient Safety Advisory - Patient Safety Authority: Commonwealth of PA, December 2009 Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Carts, Kits, Trays - California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) Posters Pregnant Women and Seat Belts Pregnancy and Childbirth Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines - The New York Times Online, March 10, 2010 Vaginal Birth After Caesarean: New Insights - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 10, 2010 Quality Improvement Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity - March of Dimes, October 2009 EVIDENCE-BASED/GUIDELINES A Guide to SAMHSA Evidence-Based Practices on the Web Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Cochrane Collaboration Health Services/Technology Assessment Text - AHRQ Guidelines - NIH Consensus Conferences The Joint Commission National Academy of Science National Guideline Clearinghouse GOVERNMENT AHRQ - Healthcare 411 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Food and Drug Administration Healthy People 2010/2020 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) PubMed Team STEPPS™ TRICARE Family Care Center TRICARE Management Activity PERFORMANCE MEASURES, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Ambulatory Quality Alliance (AQA) American College of Physicians American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS/NSQIP) American Hospital Association Quality Center (AHA) American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Educational Trust Quality and Patient Safety (HRET) American Medical Association Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA) American Society for Healthcare Risk Management American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS) ECRI - Medical Device Safety Reports (MDSR) FDA Patient Safety News Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Institute of Medicine (IOM) – Health Care Quality Initiative The Joint Commission Leapfrog Group Maryland Patient Safety Center MedQUIC Medical Errors and Patient Safety (AHRQ) National Academy for State Health Policy National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) National Quality Forum The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority - Reporting System (PA-PSRS) Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Team Performance Plus™ Team STEPPS™ Veterans Administration National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) World Health Organization - Patient Safety PERINATAL RELATED ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS Advances in Neonatal Care American Academy of Pediatrics American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) American Society for Reproductive Medicine Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) Food and Nutrition Information Center – Pregnancy General Information about Pregnancy Exposure Registries Healthy Women – Pregnancy Resource Center Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology International Childbirth Education Association International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) International Society for Perinatal Obstetricians Jacobs Institute of Women's Health La Leche League International Lamaze International March of Dimes Motherisk MyMidwife.org National Association of Childbearing Centers National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) National Women's Health Information Center Postpartum Support International Society for Gynecologic Investigation Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine STATISTICS March of Dimes: Peristats Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

EVIDENCE-BASED/GUIDELINES

GOVERNMENT

PERFORMANCE MEASURES, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY

PERINATAL RELATED ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

STATISTICS

PERFORMANCE MEASURES, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
AND PATIENT SAFETY