Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force Operational Updates. Jeremy Triplett, Maternal and Child Health Section Director, DSHS.
AIM bundles are being implemented. June 4th marked one year since the orientation and kick-off meeting that officially started the Obstetric Hemorrhage Bundle for Texas AIM. To date, there are 212 birthing hospitals actively enrolled in Texas AIM; that represents 95% of births in Texas and more than 9% of births in the US. There are 176 hospitals in Texas AIM Plus, which is a learning collaborative where hospitals work together to alleviate barriers and improve quality. Of the 176 hospitals enrolled, we just finished up our second in-person learning meeting. We have divided Texas into five cohorts, each having 35-50 hospitals.
We are moving forward with our Women with Opioid Use Disorder Pilot. We have 10 champion hospitals we are working with over the next 8-9 months. These participants will be collecting the opioid measures, and we’ll be working with them to start implementing portions of that bundle.
We are also implementing a Birthing Center Pilot, and we have identified a group of centers that we’re working with. We’ve reached out to state and national partners. The goal is to have some in-person meetings in the Fall, or early in the year 2020, with the intent of having those centers implement the Texas AIM bundles.
Dr. Manda Hall stated that when we kicked off, we had overarching goals for Texas AIM. Our progress has already exceeded those goals and I believe it is a testament to the commitment to implement these AIM bundles.
May 8th, DSHS applied for the Preventing Maternal Death Grant (granted by the CDC), which would provide for additional staffing and the ability to enter data into the CDC’s Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA) system. This is the database that states use to store their maternal mortality case review information. We are hoping to be approved. We should hear by mid-July or end of August.
Lastly, Michael Spencer has been brought on to serve as Maternal & Child Health Programs Unit Director.
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