A women’s health solution built just for your hospital

As a healthcare leader, you’re committed to meeting the needs of the women in your community. But what happens when staffing shortages, physician burnout, or resource limitations threaten your hospital’s ability to provide essential OB/GYN services? Many hospitals–especially rural facilities or hospitals in smaller neighborhoods or communities–face these challenges and may even be forced to consider cuts to crucial services.

Every hospital has unique challenges, which is why we developed the Maternal Health Access Solutions (MHAS) program. This customized approach supports smaller hospitals in maintaining and growing women’s health services by addressing key challenges like staffing shortages, clinician burnout, and patient access.

MHAS programs offers flexible support for hospitals where traditional hospitalist models may not fit, such as:

  • Rural facilities
  • Critical Access Hospitals
  • Hospitals with low birth volumes
  • Community hospitals

Whether reopening a closed labor and delivery unit, increasing surgical capacity, providing clinic support, or stabilizing existing services, MHAS adapts to each hospital’s specific needs. The result is a robust, community-centered approach that benefits hospitals and their patients.

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How does it work?

From day one, our focus is on building a true partnership to support and strengthen women’s health in your community. Each MHAS program is uniquely crafted to the needs of a specific hospital.

Unlike locums tenens, our OBHG clinicians will become an integral part of your hospital and your community, providing long-term stability and improved access to care.

Together, we’ll create a tailored plan to identify gaps in your women’s services and recruit the clinicians necessary to make it a success using one or more of the solutions below:

Coverage Examples:

We’ve worked with dozens of hospitals across the country to improve access to women’s healthcare in their communities.

  • On-site coverage – One rural hospital struggled to find providers. OBHG partnered with them to provide 24/7 onsite support from a physician and certified nurse midwife, plus five days of outpatient clinic coverage each week.
  • Part-time coverage – At another hospital, OBHG clinicians provide supplemental coverage for the clinic and handle unassigned patients, OB and GYN emergencies, deliveries, C-sections, and consults.
  • Certified nurse midwife care – To support one hospital’s aging physicians, ease call burden, and elevate the quality of care, OBHG is providing certified nurse midwife coverage for the clinic and OB calls.
  • CNM and birthing center support – With a recent decline in OBs in the market, OBHG is supporting community CNMs and increasing coordination with one hospital’s birthing centers, including clinic and labor & delivery unit coverage on a supplementary basis.
  • Local clinic support – OBHG is supporting one community’s existing Family Practice OB in clinic, handling deliveries and enabling the hospital to continue providing GYN surgeries.
  • OBED implementation – OBHG helped one rural hospital enhance the quality and consistency of emergent care by implementing an OBED and providing a full-time physician to support their women’s health services, building on an existing partnership with a larger hospital in their system.

Benefits:

  • Keeps essential services within the community.
  • Ensures higher-risk patients receive care within the local market.
  • Enhances maternal and birth outcomes through dedicated, expert care.
  • Provides safer coverage solutions that align with your financial constraints.
  • Reduces malpractice exposure for your hospital and providers.
  • Alleviates staffing challenges and reduces dependence on locums.
  • Aligns with your labor and delivery growth strategies for future success.
  • Decreases payer costs associated with high-risk pregnancies and emergency transfers.
  • Mitigates physician burnout by offering a sustainable and balanced work environment.

Contact us today to elevate your hospital's access to maternal care