Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies: Building a Risk-Appropriate Perinatal System of Care for North Carolina

Published April 7, 2020

The NCIOM Perinatal System of Care Task Force was convened, in partnership with the North Carolina Division of Public Health and NC DHHS, to respond to Session Law 2018-93 and Goal 3E of North Carolina’s Perinatal Health Strategic Plan. This task force met a total of 11 times throughout 2018-2019 and developed actionable and evidence-based recommendations outlining a process for implementing a regionalized and risk-appropriate perinatal system of care in the state. Additionally, the task force crafted recommendations that aim to use a regionalized and risk-appropriate perinatal system of care approach as a tool for decreasing the number of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity occurrences in the state, and the subsequent disparities that lie within them.

Abstract

The NCIOM Perinatal System of Care Task Force was convened, in partnership with the North Carolina Division of Public Health and NC DHHS, to respond to Session Law 2018-93 and Goal 3E of North Carolina’s Perinatal Health Strategic Plan. This task force met a total of 11 times throughout 2018-2019 and developed actionable and evidence-based recommendations outlining a process for implementing a regionalized and risk-appropriate perinatal system of care in the state. Additionally, the task force crafted recommendations that aim to use a regionalized and risk-appropriate perinatal system of care approach as a tool for decreasing the number of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity occurrences in the state, and the subsequent disparities that lie within them.