Save the Date – OPSS 2024

Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG, Dec 18, 2023

Take a stand against obstetric racism during U.S. childbirth hospitalization 98% of the births occur, ~50% births are covered by Medicaid, 88% births are supported by MDs & 84% pregnancy related deaths are preventable. The 1st FIVE orgs to register 8 ppl get 4 TA calls for FREE.

Association Between Doula Use on a Digital Health Platform and Birth Outcomes

Dec 11, 2023

Smriti Karwa, Hannah Jahnke, Alison Brinson, Neel Shah, Constance Guille, Natalie Henrich

Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Dec 5. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005465. Online ahead of print.

Low-dose aspirin and racial disparities in spontaneous preterm delivery in low-risk individuals

Dec 5, 2023

Veronica A Kane, Maria Andrikopoulou, Clara Bertozzi-Villa, Joseph Mims, Kelsey Pinson, Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman

AJOG Glob Rep. 2023 Oct 5;3(4):100273. doi: 10.1016/j.xagr.2023.100273. eCollection 2023 Nov.

UNC ObGyn, Orange County Department of Health Receive Funding to Reduce Inequities in Maternal Health Care and Outcomes

UNC Health News, Dec 1, 2023

The joint study between the UNC School of Medicine and the Orange County Health Department has been awarded a $21 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to make pregnancy and birth safer for North Carolinians with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Alison Stuebe, MD, is the UNC-Chapel Hill lead.

Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC (BCR) is hosting the Inaugural Obstetric Patient Safety Summit 2023

Birthing Cultural Rigor, Nov 27, 2023

Meet the visionary force, Dr. Scott, Chief Black Feminist Physician Scientist, and Founder of Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC.

Learn more about her and other inspiring speakers.
http://opss-sankofa.com

Intrapartum care measures and indicators for monitoring the implementation of WHO recommendations for a positive childbirth experience: a scoping review

Nov 27, 2023

Lauren Hannah Vallely, Anna Shalit, Renae Nguyen, Fernando Althabe, Verónica Pingray, Mercedes Bonet, Elizabeth Armari, Meghan Bohren, Caroline Homer, Joshua Peter Vogel

BMJ Open. 2023 Nov 22;13(11):e069081. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069081.

AI may accurately detect heart valve disease and predict cardiovascular risk.

American Heart Association, Nov 12, 2023

ArtificialIntelligence is making headlines, including at AHA’s premier cardiology meeting. In research presented at Scientific Sessions, #AI tools were able to detect heart valve disease and predict Type 2 diabetes patients’ heart disease risk. Research is ongoing so stay tuned!

AHA Healthy for Good: Move More in November

AHA Healthy for Good, Nov 12, 2023

Relieve the stress that comes along with the busy holiday season by moving more. Try these tips to get some extra steps in: