NC's Perinatal Collaborative Cuts Leave Infant Health at Risk

North Carolinas Perinatal Quality Collaborative, a vital organization focused on improving infant health, has been forced to close due to a budget cut, leaving North Carolina as the only state without such a collaborative despite having a high infant mortality rate. The collaborative worked with hospitals statewide on initiatives to improve care for mothers and babies, saving hospitals millions of dollars and preventing infections, improving sepsis recognition, and standardizing approaches to newborn hypoglycemia. Healthcare professionals emphasize that the collaborative played a critical role in helping hospitals, especially those in rural areas, implement best practices and improve pregnancy outcomes. DNN | The Daily News Now! The world’s first global local news network. Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.