Every year on January 23, Maternal Health Awareness Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the importance of improving maternal health outcomes across the United States. At Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG), this commitment is not one of many priorities. It is the sole focus of our work.
As the nation’s largest provider of OB/GYN hospitalist services, OBHG ensures pregnant and postpartum patients receive consistent, high-quality care when they need it most.
Expert obstetric care
OBHG was built on the belief that every pregnant patient deserves timely, expert care around the clock, especially during urgent or emergent situations. That is why OBHG clinicians provide 24/7 onsite coverage in partner hospitals, caring for patients who present to labor and delivery units and obstetric emergency departments.
This constant hospital presence helps reduce delays in care, supports faster clinical decision-making, and improves patient safety and experience compared to traditional on-call models.
OBHG hospitalists provide:
• Immediate clinical triage and emergency care for unassigned and emergent patients
• Labor management, deliveries, and cesarean assistance
• Care for obstetric and gynecologic emergencies
• Postpartum inpatient care
• Collaborative coverage alongside community OB/GYNs to support continuity of care
This model ensures that no patient is left waiting for care at a critical moment, which is a foundational element of OBHG’s mission to improve maternal health.
Supporting local physicians and communities
OBHG partners collaboratively with hospitals and community OB/GYN practices in a non-competitive model. Clinicians support local physicians by managing inpatient emergencies, assisting with deliveries and surgeries, and reducing call burden. This allows community physicians to focus on their patients while supporting long-term sustainability of local OB services.
In rural and underserved communities, OBHG’s work plays a particularly important role. Staffing shortages and access challenges have placed many labor and delivery units at risk. Through Maternal Health Access Solutions, OBHG works with hospitals to maintain local maternity services whenever possible so patients do not have to travel long distances for care.
These customized solutions may include clinic coverage, alternative clinician support models and flexible call coverage, all designed to keep care close to home and improve maternal outcomes.
Expanding maternal health through innovation
OBHG continues to expand access to specialized care for high-risk pregnancies through innovation and technology. Services like Obtelecare connect health systems and patients with maternal-fetal medicine specialists through virtual care, providing additional support for complex pregnancies and continuous monitoring when in-person specialty care is not readily available.
By leveraging telehealth and clinical expertise, OBHG helps reduce geographic barriers to advanced maternal care and supports earlier intervention for patients who need it most.
Closing gaps in care to improve maternal outcomes
Maternal health remains a critical national issue. Timely access to skilled inpatient care during labor, delivery, and obstetric emergencies can significantly impact outcomes for both mothers and babies. OBHG’s model was created to address long-standing gaps in inpatient obstetric coverage and ensure that expert clinicians are always available in the hospital.
Today, OBHG clinicians care for patients in hospitals across the country, providing thousands of deliveries and emergent interventions each year. Through a dedicated focus on improving women’s healthcare, OBHG supports safer births, stronger communities, and healthier families.
This Maternal Health Awareness Day, we recognize the clinicians, hospital partners, and community advocates working every day to improve maternal outcomes. OBHG remains committed to advancing maternal health through dedicated inpatient care, collaboration, and innovation, because every patient deserves high-quality care at every stage of pregnancy and childbirth.