Best practices must be identified and spread at least yearly
What the document says“The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, identify and disseminate to health care providers, relevant professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, best practices related to preventing maternal morbidity and mortality”
Subsection (b) of section 6501 adds a new subsection (e) to section 317K of the Public Health Service Act. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, must identify and spread best practices for preventing maternal illness and death, taking into account findings from other federal maternal health programs, at least once each fiscal year.
What the document actually says“The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, identify and disseminate to health care providers, relevant professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, best practices related to preventing maternal morbidity and mortality”
The health chief must find out what works to keep mothers alive and well. Then the chief must pass that on to doctors and to groups in the field.
Review committees learn why deaths happen. That learning is worth little if it stays in a file. This part says it must go out at least once a year.
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