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MercyOne offering free doula services for central Iowans

Now in its 12th year, MercyOne’s volunteer birth doula program is not intended to replace a labor partner or a medical provider, but instead serve as a sort-of tour guide for the birthing process.

Maternal Health: Improving Quality Outcomes

Designing care that improves quality and patient safety contributes to improved pregnancy outcomes. These AHA resources highlight success stories of hospitals and health systems that focus on models of care aimed at improving their maternal care quality and outcomes.

Maternal Health: Person-centered Care

To work toward reducing known health disparities, AHA has developed numerous resources that emphasize the importance and impact of person-centered care.

Wyoming and Colorado Hospitals Partner to Enhance Pediatric Care

The recent joining of resources between two regional hospitals will bring increased peace of mind to parents of newborns in the Laramie area of southeast Wyoming.
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Woman’s Hospital’s new mobile bus brings health screenings to communities

Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., unveiled its mobile mammography bus, a state-of-the-art unit equipped with 3D imaging technology, with the goal of expanding access to life-saving breast cancer screenings across Louisiana and parts of Mississippi.

Customizing the birth experience through Labor of Love Cart

To help ease the stress and anxiety that many women experience during labor —especially those with a history of trauma or long inductions — the Labor and Delivery team at Logan Health Medical Center has developed the “ Labor of Love” cart, a menu of thoughtfully curated items designed to create a calming and personalized birthing environment.

Stellar care helps identical quadruplets to thrive in Arizona

Rachel and Marco Vargas recently welcomed four identical baby girls at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, a rare occurrence with odds estimated at one in 40 million.
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Neurosurgery for herniated disc protects mother and unborn child

An expectant mother needing spinal surgery was treated successfully thanks to skillful surgeons and outstanding coordination among clinical teams at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn.
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14 labor and delivery nurses experience their own baby boom

What started as a group of nurses and friends taking a photo during a shift change has turned into a viral social media moment — in the best way.

Healthy Moms program provides parents with multifaceted supports

Since 1998, Rochester Regional Health’s Healthy Moms program has helped to improve birth outcomes in and around the central New York region.