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The United States is facing an ongoing maternity health crisis in which 1 in every 3 counties does not have a single obstetric clinician, affecting women’s access to care, according to a?new report. The report, released by the infant and maternal health nonprofit?March of Dimes, says that in many parts of the country, obstetrician/gynecologists and family physicians who deliver babies are leaving the workforce, which worsens access to care. Ob/gyns nationwide delivered more than 85% of babies born in 2022, according to the report, but the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now projects that the nation will face a?shortage of 12,000 to 15,000 ob/gyns by 2050. Overall, more than 35% of US counties are considered “maternity care deserts,” which means there is limited or no access to maternity care there, according to March of Dimes. Here's the latest: https://lnkd.in/eYVrDFPf

Thank you for bringing this to my feed Jacqueline Howard. The fact that 1 in 3 counties in the U.S. lacks obstetric care should be a wake-up call for everyone, yet somehow, the blame for poor outcomes continues to fall on the mothers who “don’t get prenatal care.” This narrative is harmful and completely misses the bigger issue: systemic failures in our healthcare system are leaving women with little to no access to the care they need. According to the report, 35% of U.S. counties are considered "maternity care deserts," meaning there is limited or zero access to maternity care. When a woman has to travel hours just to see a doctor—or can’t see one at all because of the lack of OB/GYNs—how can we blame her for not receiving adequate care? It's not a failure on her part. It's a failure of the healthcare system, worsened by layers of red tape and bureaucratic neglect. The shortage of 12,000 to 15,000 OB/GYNs by 2050 will only deepen the crisis. These numbers aren’t just statistics—they reflect real people who are denied the most basic healthcare during pregnancy. The truth is, it’s the system that is failing mothers, not the other way around. On Red Tape Kills, we’ll be tackling these issues head-on in our first season, which focuses on maternal health. We will expose how women—particularly in rural and marginalized communities—are left navigating impossible barriers and then blamed when the system fails them. Blaming mothers for not getting prenatal care is a convenient excuse that distracts from the real problem: lack of access. We need to shift the narrative and push for systemic change before more lives are put at risk. #RedTapeKills #MaternalHealth #HealthcareCrisis #MaternityCareDeserts #StopBlamingMothers #HealthcareAccess

More than 35% of counties in the U.S. are maternity care deserts. That means women don't have access to a single birthing facility or obstetric clinician. At Axena Health, we believe every woman who delivers a baby vaginally should have immediate access to pelvic floor physical therapy to prevent future pelvic floor dysfunction--urinary incontinence being most common. However, NO access to maternity care not only threatens this goal, it places the health of mothers and babies at risk nationally. Read Caitlin Owens' excellent overview for Axios. #womenshealth #healthcaredesert #maternity #healthcare #risk https://lnkd.in/gZX-PpmU

What a masterful primer on #nursingadvocacy we had today during our #APRNSUMMIT #NANNinOrlando by @Tamara Currin of the MARCHOFDIMES Our country is still plagued with maternal care deserts that directly impact maternal, fetal and neonatal health. Find out what you can do. #maternalhealth #neonatalcare

The maternal health crisis is multifactorial, but without access to hospitals birth centers and providers, American families are stuck with: ?? longer drives ?? more preterm birth ?? less prenatal care "Because of this, facilities and clinicians caring for lower-income patients face exceptional challenges in generating revenue for obstetric services," the new report from the March of Dimes concludes. Maternity care access steadily worsening https://hubs.li/Q02PtWC00 #maternalhealth #FQHC #healthcare #healthequity #communityhealth #healthcenters #CHCs #ValueCHCs

Another reminder that we need to do more. Lamaze International is committed to addressing these issues but needs childbirth education as part of comprehensive perinatal care. Check out how www.lamaze.org to learn more about the work of childbirth educators. #LCCE #maternalinfantcare #perinatalprofessionals

This is such a great and important study showing the value of family medicine for maternal health - especially in rural areas. More of my thoughts about this paper are in the accompanying editorial in Annals of Family Medicine: https://lnkd.in/eTygStKN.

https://lnkd.in/eBngV55N - CQC published their National review of maternity services in England 2022 to 2024. A very tough read. We tried to summarise the key findings and recommendations, using a simple improvement tool (the cause and effect diagram) to ease actionable understanding. Each maternity will be unique, and I know will explore through concerted dialogue and at pace how their systems work, as every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets and those working day and daily in close partnership with women and newborns have the wisdom and ideas to improve. Behind these findings, many professionals working extremely hard every day to learn and improve, in service of best possible processes and outcomes. As well as many safe, high quality care experiences for mothers and babies. Similarly, much suffering that could be prevented. An urgent call to action. In many ways, including the urgency around inequalities and racism. So grateful to continue to work with NHS Race & Health Observatory, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG NHS England Healthcare Inequalities team and several maternities towards closing race related equity gaps in care. Prof. Bola Owolabi, MRCGP MFPH(Hon), FRSPH Prof Habib Naqvi MBE Daghni Rajasingam Richard Mitchell Ruw Abeyratne Kate Brintworth CHARLOTTE MCARDLE IHI NHS England Minara Chowdhury Samantha Allen CMgr CCMI #equity #patientsafety #qualityimprovement #nhsmaternity

Access to Maternity Care in Rural U.S. Communities. Listen to this impactful discussion regarding research from the leadership of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center Maternity Care Team. "when those risks of providing obstetric care in a rural community become too high for a hospital to bear anymore, when the hospital closes its obstetric unit, those risks do not go away. They stay in the community with the clinicians that remain there with the people, with the families that remain there. So a hospital's decision that the risk is too high should always come with attention to the way that that risk transfers to community and understanding how to keep people safe in those places." https://lnkd.in/gKgsTiNW

Following on from our recent regional event, in collaboration with Bevan Brittan LLP and DAC Beachcroft, we’ve added new maternity resources to our ever-growing collection of Insights, case studies and webinars. Supporting our strategic priority ‘Collaborate to improve maternity outcomes’, the event in Taunton?welcomed speakers who represented a range of maternity professionals from across the South West Maternity services and provided the following areas of presentations: - Non-early notification criteria maternity claims - Early notification case themes - Net Zero – Upscaling the hypertension pathway in maternity outpatient services - The Maternity (& Perinatal) Incentive Scheme - Informed Consent Communication and Culture within a maternity unit - Consent for intrapartum procedures and experience of this To find out more about the event and its resources - and to sign up to Resolution Matters - click here ?? bit.ly/4bEekaw