High Impact Practices to Address Cardiac Conditions and Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Webinar

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
3:00 pm EST - 4:00 pm EST
CE Offered

Cardiac conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in the first year postpartum, particularly among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people. In this webinar, learn about evidence-based practices (called High Impact Practice Sets or HIPS) for addressing cardiac conditions in a sexual and reproductive health outpatient setting.

This webinar is the second in a series of five on the new HIPS, which were adapted from Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Patient Safety Bundles by the RHNTC in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Speakers will cover the impact of cardiac conditions on maternal health, including on racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality; the importance of addressing cardiac conditions in the reproductive health setting; HIPS for addressing cardiac conditions; and new RHNTC resources to help address cardiac conditions.

Time: 1 hour

Speaker(s):

  • Diana Wolfe, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Meg Sheahan, MSN, CNM, MPH, Senior Clinical Consultant, Reproductive Health National Training Center
  • Miasha Gilliam-El, RN, Patient Advocate

Learning Objectives: 
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the impact of cardiac conditions on maternal health, including its impact on racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality
  • Describe High Impact Practice Sets (HIPS) that sexual and reproductive health providers can implement to address cardiac conditions for improved health outcomes
  • Describe at least two resources that sexual and reproductive health providers can use to implement HIPS for addressing cardiac conditions

This activity is pending approval to award contact hours by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., an approved provider with distinction of nursing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.