Pregnancy Medical Home Care Pathways Improve Quality of Perinatal Care and Birth Outcomes.
The clinical leadership of the Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH) program develops and disseminates clinical pathways to promote evidence-based practice and to improve quality of care and outcomes. PMH pathways represent the first standardized clinical guidance for obstetric providers statewide across all care settings.
manager, Pregnancy Medical Home program, North Carolina Community Care Networks, Raleigh, North Carolina kberrien@n3cn.org.
Kate
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Berrien
faculty physician and director of medical education, Mountain Area Health Education Center OB/GYN Specialists; obstetrics physician champion, Community Care of Western Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina.
Arthur
A
Ollendorff
professor and vice chair for obstetrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; director of maternal-fetal medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; clinical director, Pregnancy Medical Home program, North Carolina Community Care Networks, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
M Kathryn
MK
Menard
D019090:Case Management / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009657:North Carolina; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement