NEWSCENTER 5 CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. ALARMING NEW STATISTICS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IT FOUND THE PREVALENCE OF SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY DURING CHILDBIRTH JUMPED FROM ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The primary outcome was a collection of adverse outcomes that included intensive care unit (ICU) admission, uterine rupture, maternal blood transfusion, and unplanned hysterectomies. The rate of ...

Pennsylvania will begin tracking pregnancy and childbirth complications as part of a larger effort to reduce maternal death rates. The Department of Health will be required to annually publish data on ...

A new report, Recommended Actions to Improve External-Cause-of-Injury Coding in State-Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems, from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Here’s what we know about our maternal health crisis: The United States has a maternal death rate greater than almost every other high-income country. The death rate here is more than 2.5 times the ...

An ad hoc committee conducted a review and assessment of the current state of the field and best practices in assessing and quantifying mortality and significant morbidity following large-scale ...