Tag Archives: Maternal Mortality

Advocacy, OB/GYN & Maternity

Maternal mortality rates in Harris County are abysmal. With competent maternal care, it doesn’t have to be that way.

Posted on by Barrett White
06
Sep

By Dr. Rachel Robison, MD FACOG & Dr. Lindsey Vasquez, MD CPE FACOG Legacy Community Health is the largest OB-providing Federally Qualified Health Center in the nation, seeing twice the number of prenatal patients than any other FQHC in the country.    The most recent joint report by the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review …

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Gender Health, Health News, OB/GYN & Maternity

New Report: Most Maternal Deaths Preventable

Posted on by Barrett White
30
Aug

By Barrett White A new report by the State of Texas has found that most maternal deaths could have been prevented with proper health care intervention. What the data says: The report, released Monday, states that nearly 80% of pregnancy-related deaths could have been prevented in 2012, the year in which the maternal mortality rates …

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