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Yvonne Malloy, MPP Director, AI/AN Womens Health Programs The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Yvonne Malloy, MPP Director, AI/AN Womens Health Programs The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Yvonne Malloy, MPP Director, AI/AN Womens Health Programs The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Womens Health Beginnings Committee established April 17, 1970 Beryl Blue
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Beginnings…
Committee established April 17,
1970
Beryl Blue Spruce, FACOG Edward Zimmerman, FACOG
Objective: to study and develop expertise in maternal and gynecologic health problems among AI/AN women in order to improve their health status
The late Dr. Beryl Blue Spruce MD at work, circa 1967 (Photo courtesy of Dr. Harry Roitman MD)
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Today...
25 members include ACOG Fellows, liaisons, and IHS Chief Clinical Consultants (CCCs)
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On-site Peer Review
Tour of patient care and supporting facilities Meetings with facility leadership, WH providers and community representatives ACOG continuing education
- ffered on-site
QA/QI medical records review; standardized data reporting to teams Closeout on site and with Area and IHS HQ 2017-2018 focus on opioid use in Great Plains and Billings areas
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- Additional scope of work dedicated to
continuing education, training, guidance for the IHS on opioid dependence in pregnant and non- pregnant AI/AN women
- Phoenix Area
- Phoenix Indian Medical Center – full-scope,
around 500 births/year
- Whiteriver – a rural site with a birthing center
model but no cesarean delivery capability and 40 births/year
- Hopi Health Center – small rural hospital that
has been on long-term divert for 2-3 years with 5 deliveries per year in the ER
- Native Health – an urban health outpatient clinic
- The Committee will provide individual site and
area-wide recommendations
February 4-6, 2019
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Recommendations to the IHS on Best Practices for AI/AN Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age with Opiate Use Disorder
Thank you to lead authors Pooja Mehta, MD, MSHP and Larry Leeman, MD, MPH! To be released very soon!
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Recommendations to the IHS on Best Practices for Rural Maternal Safety
Submitted to the IHS June, 2015
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Postgraduate Courses
August 4-6, 2019 | Oklahoma City, OK Best Practices in Women’s Health: Focus on American Indian/Alaska Native Women’s Health February 19-21, 2020 | Albuquerque, NM 6th International Indigenous Women’s Health Meeting: Advancing and Advocating for Healthcare in Rural and Urban Settings The 5th IWHM had over 230 attendees 38 sessions
Lectures, Hands-On Workshops, Posters, Traditional Blessings, Roundtables, Panels, colposcopy and buprenorphine pre-courses
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Types of Recommendations
- Recruiting and Retention
- Declining Birth Numbers and Divert Status
- AIM Safety Bundles
- Advance Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO)
- Electronic Health Record (EHR)
- Protocol Review
- Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement
- Substance Use Disorder and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal
Syndrome
- Tribal Relationships and Collaborations
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Additional Areas of Interest
- Loss of Labor and Delivery in small
rural hospitals
- Long Acting Reversible Contraception
(LARC) Training
- Emergency Room Preparedness and
Safety
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2018 Haffner Award
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Congratulations!
Glen Y. Kishi, MD
Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service
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Thank You! Questions?
Yvonne Malloy, MPP ymalloy@acog.org 202-863-2580