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New Tools to Help with PHI Requests. HI professionals are at the forefront when individuals or entities seek access to PHI, possessing the knowledge and expertise to inform and carry out the processes required by the HHS-OCR final rule. The newly released AHIMA Decision Tree to Support Reproductive Health Care and members-only companion guide will help healthcare professionals comply with complex regulations. Check out these new resources for AHIMA members only at https://shorturl.at/eNQ0m. #WHIMA #AHIMA #PHI #ReproductiveHealthCareFinalRule

🌠Check out these comprehensive, concrete, and collaboratively-developed recommendations to the Administration and #Congress to improve #maternalhealth 👉 tinyurl.com/35m354cy For the American Medical Association letter to HHS Secretary Becerra outlining specific actionable steps that the Administration and Congress can take to improve maternal health outcomes in the United States, please see: 👉 tinyurl.com/3zkf3wfm The recommendations were developed working with numerous members of the Federation, including relevant specialty societies, state medical associations, physicians from rural areas. Cc’d to the Bipartisan Maternal Health Caucus, Black Maternal Health Cacucus and CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure. AMA also issued a press release that highlights “Concrete Steps for Administration and Congress to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes:” 👉 tinyurl.com/4sxx5njz For additional resources and more AMA advocacy efforts to improve maternal health outcomes, please see: 👉 tinyurl.com/ysrvvewr

Did You Know? Around 2 million women worldwide suffer from fistulas due to lack of emergency obstetric and fistula prevention care. These women often lead an ostracized life. Let’s raise awareness and support better maternal healthcare for all. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ghS2Aevf #MaternalHealth #FistulaAwareness #HealthcareForAll

We join American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) today, in discussing Access in Crisis.  Maternal health care and #maternalmentalhealth care access is in crisis...and the divide between those who can access the care they need and those who can't is stark. This is why one of our three focus areas is Access to screening and treatment! #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay

NEW #HealthEquityResource RELEASED as a part of our Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool (MET) project! https://lnkd.in/gSawkJae We have just published a standalone page on Reproductive Oppression in Health Care, which represents just one section of a full Annotated Bibliography that our researchers created, compiling sources (including both academic research and grey literature) that explain & analyze root causes that may contribute to Medicaid inequities. This new webpage provides users easy access to each of the category's sources with citations and detailed annotations. Click the link below to start learning more about Reproductive Oppression: https://lnkd.in/gSawkJae You can also find the full Annotated Bibliography, links to the other sections' standalone pages, and more information about the Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool on the main project page here: https://lnkd.in/gxdq7Xyy #HealthEquity #ReproductiveHealth #Oppression #ReproductiveOppression #MedicaidEquity #SystemicAbleism #StructuralAbleism #EquityResource #HealthEquityResource #Medicaid #MedicaidEquityMonitoringTool #AnnotatedBibliography #RWJF #UMN #UnderlyingFactors #SHADAC #PopulationHealth #SchoolOfPublicHealth

122 million Americans currently reside in Healthcare Professional Shortage Areas (US Health Resources & Services Administration). If you are advocating for responsible policymaking and responsible practice to help people access Qualified healthcare, this resource shows the demographic shortage areas: https://lnkd.in/g2S4z75N Always, the healthcare access and healing advocacy you offer is significant. Inclusion means everyone, all the same.

The rates of #maternalmortality and morbidity in this country are astounding and deeply disturbing. Much work—and an unqualified commitment to get the job done—are needed not only to meet the challenge of reversing these trends, but also to ensure that the goals of health equity and accountability are paramount. In late September 2023, Marna Armstead, SisterWeb's Executive Director, joined leaders in maternal and infant health for a landmark Maternal Health Policy Equity Summit, held in Washington D.C., to address ways to fundamentally improve the nation’s maternal and infant health outcomes. We were proud to be selected by and gather with Institute for Medicaid Innovation to create a blueprint to improve these outcomes and make a better nation for birthing individuals and babies. Using existing policy levers at the local, state, and federal levels, these ideas can be translated into actionable steps. That won’t be easy, and it won’t be quick. But the nation cannot wait to take on this challenge full throttle. The time is now. We hope you will read more and join the effort to improve maternal and infant health: https://lnkd.in/gfD24jZ9 #reproductivejustice #birthjustice #birthequity #sisterweb #communitydoulas #blackdoulasmatter

Explore the crucial issue of ethnic inequalities within healthcare provisions for mothers and babies, particularly focusing on perinatal practices including Apgar scores and cyanosis and jaundice assessments. Register for our free webinar here: https://brnw.ch/21wFCVa

It is way past time to improve the health of women in this country, especially reproductive/maternity care. The Institute for Medicaid Innovation and its partners in the Maternal Health Policy Equity Summit created a list of actionable steps to improve outcomes. Join us in this critical effort! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ekv6csuH

Theses webinars are always so enlightening. Thanks for reminding us to attend!