Patient Engagement February 26, 2024
From extending postpartum care access to supplementing care in maternity deserts, family physicians advocate their role in improving maternal health.
It’s not a secret that healthcare is staring down a maternal mortality problem. But what might be less known is the critical role family physicians can play in ameliorating it.
“This country has a lot of work to do on maternity mortality. We are not even keeping up with the other high-income countries,” Teresa Lovins, MD, a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians who practices at a direct primary care practice in Indiana, told PatientEngagementHIT in an interview.
Indeed, the nation’s maternal mortality problem has reached a boiling point. Numerous assessments from the Commonwealth Fund have found that...
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