In recent years, a growing outcry has drawn long-overdue attention to a difficult truth: girls’ and women’s pain has too often been dismissed and undertreated in medicine. A 2022 study found that most ...

ROSEMONT, Ill., March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To help ensure that all obstetric patients receive high-quality, safe analgesia and anesthesia care during labor and delivery, the American Association ...

Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth, communication, and logistics platform that unites healthcare teams and technologies across organizations during dynamic events, recently released a dedicated ...

To address the maternal health crisis in the U.S., CMS has issued new conditions of participation standards for hospitals that offer obstetrical services as part of its 2025 Hospital Outpatient ...

Orthopedic and obstetric surgeons are vital assets to any hospital, delivering essential patient care and serving as significant drivers of revenue. Yet hospitals facing thinner margins and a ...

Heparin-based thromboprophylaxis in obstetric patients did not reduce risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), but may have increased the risks of other postpartum complications, a single-center ...

Obstetric anesthesia services include labor analgesia as well as anesthesia for Cesarean section, postpartum tubal ligation, cervical cerclage placement, D&C, and other operative delivery options for ...

A hospital saw a 50 percent drop in malpractice liability claims and payments when it made patient safety initiatives a priority by training doctors and nurses to improve teamwork and communication, ...

A comprehensive obstetric patient safety program at New York City’s New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center reduced yearly compensation payments by about $25 million from 2003-2009 ...

As many obstetric patients face a shortage in services, the remaining providers are trying to fill the gap in care. After Maui Lani Physicians and Surgeons announced earlier this year that the clinic ...

GYNs, faces challenges and responsibilities in her role, advocating for better health care access and representation in the ...