Texas Perinatal Services maternal verification surveyors are 100% Texas-based, Texas-experienced clinicians, who understand the unique challenges of delivering maternal care in such a large and diverse region. We are excited to introduce you to another one of these exceptional Texas surveyors, Dr. Sireesha Reddy. Read what she has to say about the value of maternal More >>
Tag
A Conversation with Texas Perinatal Services Surveyor Gloria Delgado
At Texas Perinatal Services, we pride ourselves on hiring only Texas-based, Texas-experienced clinicians for our survey teams. In our ongoing series of Conversations with TPS Surveyors, we are pleased to introduce another one of our exceptional maternal surveyors, Gloria Delgado, MSN, RNC-OB. Gloria brings more than two decades of experience in leading and delivering women’s More >>
Best Practice: UMC El Paso Maternal Survey Insights
Congratulations to University Medical Center of El Paso for becoming the first hospital in Texas to complete the new maternal verification survey, which was conducted earlier this fall with Texas Perinatal Services. We recently sat down with UMC El Paso Director of Women’s Services Gloria V. Delgado, MSN, RNC-OB, to get her insights into their More >>
U.S. Congress Passes Bill Addressing Maternal Deaths
Last week, both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed H.B. 1318, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018. The bill now awaits the president’s signature. This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to states intended to help improve maternal healthcare and reduce maternal deaths. Under the bill, More >>
A Conversation with Texas Perinatal Services Maternal Surveyor Dr. Elly Xenakis
At Texas Perinatal Services, we pride ourselves on hiring only Texas-based, Texas-experienced clinicians for our survey teams. Why is that important? Because, unlike clinicians whose frame of reference may come from other regions of the country, our surveyors understand the unique challenges of delivering healthcare in a state as large and diverse as Texas. Dr. More >>
Best Practices: How One Dallas Hospital is Helping Improve Response in High-Risk OB Transport
Medical City Dallas Hospital’s high-risk OB transport team knows that high-risk pregnancy situations can happen anywhere, anytime – at home, in a birthing center or on the way to the hospital. And those are situations that local firefighter-paramedics likely didn’t train for in school. With paramedic coursework offering only about one day of limited OB More >>
DSHS Seeking Applicants for Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force
DSHS is accepting applications for membership on the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force for the following positions: Community advocate in a relevant field Physician specializing in obstetrics Epidemiologist, biostatistician, or researcher of pregnancy-related deaths Physician specializing in family practice Applications must be received by January 1, 2019. The application and additional information can be found More >>
Have Questions about Maternal Surveys? Join us in Dallas Nov. 29.
Hospitals in the North Texas area have a great opportunity this month to get expert guidance on the new maternal care designation rules. Make plans to attend the AWHONN DFW Chapter Meeting Nov. 29 to hear from Texas Perinatal Services Program Manager Carla Rider. Carla will share details on the survey process, timelines and what More >>
Best Practice: What El Paso Hospitals Learned from NICU Disaster Drills
When six El Paso hospitals launched NICU disaster drills this spring, they joined a small and elite group nationwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fewer than half of all hospitals with an emergency department have a disaster plan for children. So what did the BorderRAC exercise reveal? Among takeaways, the participating More >>
And We’re Off! First Maternal Care Survey Completed.
One Texas hospital wasted no time getting its maternal care verification survey process underway this summer. The Texas Perinatal Services team recently returned from El Paso, where surveyors spent two days onsite at the Level IV facility. In addition to Vice President of Operations Brenda Putz and Perinatal Program Manager Carla Rider, the survey team More >>
