Katie Page, CNM, MSN, completed Midwifery training at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She has been in practice since 2009 – first as the only CNM in a physician- owned private practice in PA, then in a group hospital-owned midwife practice at CMG Women’s Center in 2013, which has grown to 10 CNMs. She is the Chair of the ACNM Professional Liability Section, the Education Committee chair for the Virginia Affiliate of ACNM, and a co-lead in the data center for the ACNM Healthy Birth initiative: Reducing Primary Cesarean Collaborative. Katie has been the Collaborative team lead at Virginia Baptist on implementing safety bundles promoting physiologic labor and birth to reduce primary cesarean. In addition, Katie works with a group of representatives from Virginia ACNM, Virginia Midwives Alliance, and Virginia ACOG on planning and presenting on collaborative practice in VA, barriers and opportunities.
Cesarean birth in the United States occurs in over 30% of nulliparous births. This is higher than rates recommended by the World Health Organization and current evidence suggests that a significant number are unnecessary and preventable. The Healthy Birth Initiative: Reducing Primary Cesarean Collaborative aims to reduce unnecessary Cesarean and promote physiologic birth through implementation of safety bundles. This presentation discusses the work of the collaborative and bundle implementation and presents the work of a participating hospital and their outcomes through the first 18 months.
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