Women's Health Grand Rounds

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District II/NY & University at Albany School of Public Health, Office of Continuing Education present

Safe Motherhood Initiative: An Opportunity to Prevent Maternal Mortality

A free satellite broadcast or live webcast
March 6, 2008 (8:00-9:00am ET)

Speakers:

Cynthia Chazotte, MD, FACOG
Professor and Vice Chair, Director of Obstetrics & Perinatology, Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

Adiel Fleischer, MD, FACOG
Associate Chairman of Obstetric and Gynecology, Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New York’s Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) has been conducting on-site maternal mortality reviews since 2003. The overarching recommendations of the Safe Motherhood Initiative’s relate to improving systems, support services, communication and to improving the quality of obstetric services. The SMI’s on-site reviews identified multiple areas for improvement which substantiated the need to promote quality across the continuum of maternity care. Specifically, maternal deaths did not result from one isolated contributory factor, but are the result of the combined failure of various systems and other issues.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain an understanding of the latest statistics and trends in maternal mortality;
• Understand the Safe Motherhood Initiative’s goals and objectives and;
• Understand the importance of on-site maternal mortality reviews through case presentations.

This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 6VKSFE-PRV-06-156.

The University at Albany, School of Public Health is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.