Restoring Access to Maternity Care in Rural America
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Description
Examines regional partnerships to build rural access to maternity care through hub-and-spoke models of education and support from urban healthcare organizations to rural maternity providers, investments in telehealth, and remote monitoring systems. Discusses barriers to maternity care access in rural areas and highlights local examples of maternal health provider networks, investments in the rural maternity workforce, and policy implications of developing rural maternity care.
Author(s)
Martha Hostetter, Sarah Klein
Date
09/2021
Type
Document
Organization
Commonwealth Fund
Tagged as
Access · Health information technology · Health workforce · Health workforce education and training · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Networking and collaboration · Policy · Telehealth · Women