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Hear About Improving Community Birth Transfers in Upcoming CHPSO Webinar

For maternity, prenatal care, OB, patient safety & quality of care staff

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On May 18 from 11 a.m. to noon (PT), hear from an expert panel of California physicians and midwives during a Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization webinar about strategies to increase hospital-birth center collaboration, and particularly to improve community birth transfers. 

 At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees will be able to:

  • Discuss the benefits for patients, providers, and facilities of smooth transfer from community birth settings (home birth, birth centers) to hospitals
  • Identify barriers to effective collaboration and smooth transfer
  • Review approaches adopted in other states and regions to promote collaboration between community birth providers and hospitals
  • Share new tools to support standardized transfer processes and increase trust and respect in interdisciplinary care teams in California

This webinar is free and open to the public. Attendees can earn continuing education units.