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Advancing Maternal and Infant Health Research Through Data Interoperability
This blog highlights our work on integrating maternal and neonatal data systems as part of the Safe Babies Safe Moms (SBSM) initiative. By linking clinical, billing, and appointment records under a unified mother-baby dataset, we demonstrate how internal interoperability can lay the groundwork for more effective care models and data-driven maternal health policy…
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Return on Investment from Safe Babies Safe Moms; Evidence from the 2023 Cohort
This study combines findings from several prior research reports prepared during the SBSM research program. We have extended our empirical work on cost-effectiveness into a nascent analysis of the potential societal return on investment in SBSM, by comparing the incremental program costs and savings immediately after delivery alongside the potential benefits from payer or societal view.
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Stewardship & Sustainability: An Economic Evaluation Plan for Pediatric Food Security and Financial Health Interventions
This framework was developed to address the need for robust, policy-relevant evidence on the viability of integrating social interventions into pediatric primary care. Findings show that these programs can generate measurable financial and health-related value, offering a foundation for integration, scalability, and long-term sustainability…
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MedStar Health’s Safe Babies Safe Moms Program Featured in NEJM Catalyst
A new study, D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms: A Novel, Multigenerational Model to Reduce Maternal and Infant Health Disparities, has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, highlig
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Research and Impact at Washington Hospital Center Matters to Moms and Babies in DC
I’m having a moment of reflection upon approaching an important milestone in our research with Safe Babies Safe Moms, in partnership between MedStar, Georgetown, and several community organizations, funded by the generosity of the Clark Foundation.
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Prepaying Your Baby’s Birth? New Healthcare Provider Trend Highlights Rising Costs and Financial Impacts for Patients, Families
A recent article by KFF Health News highlighted a growing trend in maternity care: Pregnant individuals are being asked to prepay thousands of dollars for prenatal and delivery services
before their due dates.Categories: Blog, What's New
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After the Pandemic, Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers Are Demanding More … And Getting It
From 2022 to late 2024, thousands of healthcare workers in nearly twenty states have walked off the job, demanding better compensation, higher staffing levels, and more responsive management.
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Societal Cost and Benefit from Safe Babies Safe Moms: Towards Measuring Social Return on Investment
This study combines findings from several prior research reports prepared during the SBSM research program. We have extended our empirical work on cost-effectiveness into a nascent analysis of the potential societal return on investment in SBSM, by comparing the incremental program costs and savings immediately after delivery alongside the potential benefits from payer or societal view.
Categories: SBSM, What's New
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Continuity between Prenatal and Labor and Delivery Care Serving a High-Risk Urban Population
This brief study measures continuity between prenatal and delivery care in Safe Babies Safe Moms’ (SBSM) population and explores the association of that continuity to patient demographics and health history, birth outcomes, and delivery costs in SBSM’s inaugural year.
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Looking Back To Move Forward
A compilation of all HCFI’s publications featured in the COVID-19 Post Acute collection, organized around four overarching themes.
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