Perinatal Health

Resources

Continuum of Care Workgroup:  The Maine CDC convened a multi-disciplinary workgroup to focus on high-quality obstetric and newborn care to assure that home birth families are provided full spectrum care in appropriate settings. Building on best practices, the group worked to enhance the choice, access, experience and safety of pregnant women and newborns.  The Continuum of Care Collaborative developed a communication tool for the transfer of care that has a potential impact for any transfer of care (home to hospital or community hospital to tertiary care center).

• Transport Guidelines
• Transport Guidelines Appendices A&B
• Transport Guidelines Appendices C&D
• Transport Guidelines Appendices E
• Transport Guidelines Evaluation Tool
• Transport Guidelines Family Evaluation Tool
• Transport Guide Training

CoIIN-description
U.S. DHHS, Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA) brings state teams together to facilitate collaborative learning and adoption of proven quality improvement principles and practices to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes (Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network-CoIIN).  Maine has convened a group of stakeholders to review data surrounding infant mortality rate (IMR) and prioritize strategies to reduce the IMR utilizing 24 months of Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) cycles of change.

• CoIIN

CoIIN Priorities for Maine: 

• Increase the number of infants who sleep in safe sleep environments
• Reduce the percent of pregnant women who smoke