Greetings!
Institute Of Medicine Proceedings Now Available Online
The workshop featured invited presentations and discussions highlighting research findings that advance our understanding of the effects, on maternal labor, clinical and other birth procedures, and birth outcomes, of maternal care services in different types of birth settings, including conventional hospital labor and delivery wards, alternative birth settings that may be hospital-affiliated or free-standing, and home births. The workshop topics considered research on different organizational models of care delivery, workforce requirements, patient and provider satisfaction levels, and birth outcomes. The workshop also included topics that identify key data sets and relevant research literatures that may inform a future ad hoc consensus study to address these concerns.
Video recordings and presentation materials from the workshop are now live on the IOM website. Our very own Brynne Potter, CPM presented on Provider Perspectives: Midwives and Home Birth. Many from the CPM community were present in the audience, including Mary Lawlor, Executive Director of NACPM, and were able to ask questions and make comments on the presentations. These questions and comments are included in the proceedings, ensuring that a wide variety of perspectives are represented. NACPM encourages all CPMs to review these exciting materials and engage in the conversation!
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