Maternal Sample Clauses

Maternal. Mortality Ratio The maternal mortality ratio, also known as the maternal mortality rate, is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. This ratio is often compared internationally and used as an indicator of the development and quality of health care of a nation (Reducing US Maternal Mortality as a Human Right, 2011). Perinatal, pregnancy care, peripartum, maternal continuum, or maternity care For the purposes of this paper, these terms refer to the care someone bearing a fetus receives in the months before, during, and after giving birth. Pregnancy care providers or maternity care providers For the purposes of this paper, Pregnancy or maternity care providers refers to Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Certified Nurse Midwives, and General Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners that provide maternity care and deliver babies. Quality Improvement Initiatives The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Quality Improvement (QI) Program allows "state Medicaid and CHIP agencies and their quality improvement partners with the information, tools, and expert support they need to improve care and health outcomes, as demonstrated by performance on Medicaid and CHIP Child and Adult Core Set measures". One important area of focus is the Maternal and Infant Health Initiative. Social Determinants of Health The context in which people exist including their environment and social conditions in which they live all aspects of their lives. Telehealth The delivery of health in the form of care, information, support, and education health education using remote technologies. It is often used interchangeably with telemedicine but is a broader term that involves more than the medicine aspect of telemedicine including health administration and education. Telemedicine The use of medical information exchange using electronic communication to improve a patient's clinical health. World Health Organization The purpose of the World Health Organization is to "direct international health within the United Nations' system and to lead partners in global health responses.”
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Maternal. Child Health (i) Continue to seek Baby Friendly Status for the POSGH, using the BFHI Guidelines of WHO/UNICEF.
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Maternal. Child Health (i) Continue to seek Baby Friendly Status for SFGH, using the BFHI
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