Perinatal Summit Recommendations
“Healthy Births Through Healthy Communities: Connecting Leadership to Achieve a Unified Commitment to Action”
The convening of the Summit ended Phase I with the development of the recommendations and we entered Phase II, drafting the strategic action plan around the recommendations. During Phase II we met in small working groups with those partners who committed to work on each of the recommendations to develop the action plan and the measures of success.
On Tuesday June 6, 2006 the LA Best Babies Network and Perinatal Summit Planning Partners, Los Angeles County Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Programs and the March of Dimes hosted the Perinatal Summit Action Plan Launch meeting. The Action Plan Launch meeting convened partners from Day 2 of the Perinatal Summit for a roll out of the overall action plan of the following Perinatal Summit Recommendations:
Recommendation #1 - Build upon and strengthen comprehensive perinatal services for all women
- Review implementation of the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (CPSP) in Los Angeles County
- Develop a care quality framework for comprehensive services
- Expand comprehensive services for all women
Recommendation #2 - Assure every eligible newborn is enrolled in Medi-Cal before leaving the hospital
- Review the status of newborn enrollment in Los Angeles County
- Develop toolkit (best practice) model for newborn enrollment in Medi-Cal and share with hospitals in Los Angeles County
- Encourage high volume delivery hospitals to implement a model for newborn enrollment
- Urge the State to implement electronic enrollment solutions
Recommendation #3 - Integrate perinatal resources into the 2-1-1 system
- Increase the number of perinatal resources in the 2-1-1 system
- Disseminate materials and information about the 2-1-1 system and availability of perinatal resources
- Explore the feasibility of a special “Mommy Line”
Recommendation # 4 - Promote risk appropriate perinatal care
- Define the need for risk appropriate perinatal care
- Describe current practice in Los Angeles County
- Develop strategies to address risk appropriate perinatal care
Recommendation #5 - Support every woman to have a reproductive life plan
- Promote understanding of the importance of and need for Pre/Interconception care
- Support financing for Interconception Care for two years after pregnancy for “at- risk women
- Enhance the capacity of providers to prepare women “at- risk” for a health problem to reduce the risk in subsequent pregnancies
With the full endorsement of our partners we are excited to begin Phase III, the 18-month implementation phase, in July 2006. The action plan is ambitious, but realistic and achievable with each of the partners playing an active role.
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