CMQCC invites you to a live panelist discussion for California hospitals and other stakeholders in maternity care quality improvement. This is the second webinar in a Quality Improvement Webinar Series titled, "The Next Step: Integrating Midwives, Doulas and Community-Based Care" (Detail on series topics below).
Holly Smith, CNM, MPH, FACNM, the lead editor for the Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesareans will facilitate a discussion with panelists on the evolving state of midwifery integration in the US and California, and the rationale for midwifery integration as a next step in quality improvement for birthing people.
Objectives
1) Define the meaning of midwifery integration at both the macro (state and federal) and micro (clinical and inter-professional) levels.
2) Describe the importance of midwifery integration as a necessary component of quality improvement in maternity care.
3) Identify opportunities and challenges for midwifery integration at your facility.
Panelists
Sue Baelen, LM, CPM, Principal, Sacred Body Midwifery, San Francisco, CA, Member, San Francisco Homebirth Collective and the Bay Area Homebirth Collective
Eva Goodfriend-Reaño, CNM, WHNP, IBCLC, Midwifery Clinical Chief – Alameda Health System, Oakland CA
Mimi Niles, PhD, MPH, CNM/LM Assistant Professor, New York University, Midwife, Woodhull Medical Center – NYC Health + Hospitals
About the Quality Improvement Webinar Series
"The Next Step: Integrating Midwives, Doulas and Community-Based Care."
Webinar Topics and Dates
(All webinars will be held from 12 - 1:30 p.m. PST via Zoom)
Team-Based Care
Held February 3, 2023
Slide Set. Watch Webinar Replay.
Midwifery Integration
May 9, 2023
Registration now open
Partnering with Doulas
August 30, 2023
Registration now open
Community Birth - Improving Transfer of Care
October 25, 2023
Registration now open