What does it take to effectively lead a clinical team, and what is it really like? Renee Lockey, MD discusses how she went from an exhausted private-practice OB/GYN to a strong physician leader who now serves in two complementary roles – as a Medical Director of Women’s and Infant Services, and Site Director for two […]
To address consistently rising maternal mortality rates in the U.S., The Joint Commission introduced two new perinatal safety standards originally scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2020. However, due to the current pandemic related to the COVID-19 virus, The Joint Commission decided to delay implementation of the new perinatal safety standards until January 1, […]
A new report, COVID-19 and the Momentum for Better Maternal Health Care, outlines recommendations for health system leaders and policymakers about investments and innovations that have the biggest potential to make sustained impacts in maternal health. The recommendations were developed from the combined insights of an interdisciplinary group of maternal health stakeholders that included a […]
Please help us welcome our 20th new hospital partner of 2020, St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD. In early November, we kicked off OB triage hospitalist coverage to supplement their existing program. St. Agnes Hospital will start with an interim team of OB clinicians and will continue to recruit and ramp up to a full-time […]
Please help us welcome our 19th new hospital partner of 2020, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, VA. The program kicked off in early November with full-time physician and certified nurse midwife coverage plus an additional physician nights and weekends program. Henrico is part of HCA’s Capital Division, and it is OBHG’s 14th partnership in Virginia. […]
