HCA Healthcare Strengthens Partnership With March of Dimes to Help Give All Moms and Babies a Healthier Tomorrow
November 17 2021 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Strategic partnership to focus on improving
maternal outcomes
HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nation’s leading
healthcare providers, and March of Dimes, a leading nonprofit
fighting for the health of all moms and babies, today announced a
unique partnership that focuses on improving maternal mortality and
morbidity outcomes through postpartum discharge education and by
lowering hospital caesarian rates among low-risk, first-time
mothers, head first position or NTSV (Nulliparous, Term, Singleton
Vertex) rates.
“For more than 80 years, March of Dimes has been advocating to
address the biggest threats facing moms and babies across our
country,” said Amy Casseri, senior vice president, Provider
Relations and Women’s Services at HCA Healthcare, who serves on the
March of Dimes’ National Board of Trustees. “As HCA Healthcare is
the largest system for delivering babies in the country, the two
organizations are uniquely positioned to continue working together
using their combined clinical data, pioneering research and
passionate history to improve maternal health outcomes and save
lives.”
Pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. have more than doubled over
the past 25 years, and more women in the U.S. die from
pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country
in the world. HCA Healthcare and the March of Dimes identified
mission areas that are expected to have the greatest clinical
impact on maternal mortality and help reduce that gap,
including:
- NTSV Quality Initiatives: As part of the partnership,
HCA Healthcare will partner with March of Dimes to improve maternal
outcomes by assessing provider cultural influences and valuable
practices. Physician vignettes and consumer education materials
will be created to educate/bring awareness to maternal mortality
and morbidity, as well as postpartum depression.
- Postpartum Education: Additionally, a goal of the
partnership is to improve maternal outcomes through postpartum
education. According to the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG), as many as 40 percent of women do not attend
a postpartum visit after giving birth. HCA Healthcare will work
with March of Dimes to educate providers and patients via a
vignette on postpartum health complications, including high blood
pressure, hemorrhage and perinatal depression. The video will
discuss the importance of the postpartum follow-up visit and
encourage new mothers to schedule their postpartum visit prior to
leaving the hospital. Postpartum care is important because new moms
are at risk of serious and sometimes life-threatening health
complications in the days and weeks after giving birth. Too many
new moms experience, or have even died from, health problems that
may be prevented by getting postpartum care.
“In the U.S. each day, one woman dies every 12 hours from
pregnancy-related causes while tens of thousands of others nearly
lose their lives, which is simply unacceptable,” said March of
Dimes President and CEO Stacey D. Stewart. “HCA Healthcare is
committed to reversing these statistics, and we’re proud to work
with them to help every mom and baby get the best possible
start.”
The partnership builds on HCA Healthcare’s continued commitment
to March of Dimes with an additional contribution of up to $1.7
million to the organization in 2021 and 2022 through direct
support, employee or colleague fundraising and matching gifts to
raise awareness and address the maternal and infant health
crisis.
HCA Healthcare uses data from the more than 215,000 babies it
delivers every year to learn and implement new policies and
practices to improve pre-natal, natal and post-natal care. This has
resulted in HCA Healthcare using standardized protocols for
managing hypertension during pregnancy, preventing leg blood clots
for C-section patients, decreasing deliveries prior to 39 weeks,
and controlling postpartum hemorrhage.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading
providers of healthcare services comprising 183 hospitals and
approximately 2,000 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery
centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician
clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in
1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the
United States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals,
deliver patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine.
HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies,
including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream
infections in ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA Healthcare is a
learning health system that uses its more than 32 million annual
patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and
save lives. Please click here to connect with HCA Healthcare on
social media.
About March of Dimes
March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and
babies. We support research, lead programs and provide education
and advocacy so that every baby can have the best possible start.
Building on a successful 80-year legacy of impact and innovation,
we empower every mom and every family.
Visit marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org for more information.
Visit shareyourstory.org for comfort and support. Find us on
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All references to “Company,” “HCA” and “HCA
Healthcare” as used throughout this document refer to HCA
Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.
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