In Push To Lower Pregnancy Death Rates, Iowa Joins National Initiative

In its ongoing efforts to improve maternal mortality rates across Iowa, the state public health agency said Monday it has joined a national collaborative to implement best practices regarding labor and delivery in Iowa’s hospitals. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced the agency has enrolled in the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health, or AIM program, which is a national multidisciplinary collaborative meant to share best practices for maternal care.The program, which is housed at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, helps hospitals reduce complications and deaths in those who are pregnant or have recently given birth through education, peer-to-peer learning and other “data-driven, evidence-based care practices.” “A lot of other states have used (the AIM program) to drive quality improvement on statewide basis.