Taking a data-driven approach, this partnership will equip healthcare leaders with tools to address the maternal health crisis
Relias, the trusted multi-solution workforce enablement partner to 12,000 healthcare organizations and 4.5 million caregivers, is partnering with the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) to empower healthcare leaders with critical resources to improve maternal and child health outcomes nationwide.
With 22 deaths per 100,000 live births — more than 80% of which are preventable — and as many as 60,000 people affected by severe maternal morbidity annually, the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality and morbidity rates of any developed nation.
Relias and AMCHP are partnering to connect state public health leaders and those working to improve maternal, child, youth, family, and community health outcomes with critical workforce training and resources.
With AMCHP’s proven success in building advocacy with state health leaders and Relias’ reach and expertise in delivering world-class educational content, programs, and resources across the care continuum, this collaboration strengthens each organization’s efforts to improve health outcomes. Together, they will address complex challenges, including improving maternal health at both the state and public health levels.
“AMCHP is excited about our partnership with Relias, which seeks to elevate proven tools and expand the capacity and knowledge of public health leaders and providers,” said Terrance E. Moore, AMCHP CEO. “Increasing the availability of evidence-based tools is one key approach in our joint quest to ameliorate maternal mortality in the U.S.”
Through this partnership, the two organizations will hold educational webinars focused on workforce training, patient safety, and best practices, along with discussions to equip leaders with the latest evidence-based strategies.
For healthcare organizations, workforce education plays a critical role in improving maternal and child health outcomes by ensuring providers have the knowledge and skills needed to deliver safer, more effective care.
In Missouri, Perinatal Quality Collaborative leaders are leveraging Relias’ educational content to improve physician and nurse knowledge on topics that can improve outcomes in hypertension and obstetric hemorrhage, critical maternal health concerns.
After implementing Relias OB, St. Luke’s Health System saw an 18% improvement in hemorrhage assessments, a 16% increase in identifying hypertensive disorders, and a 15% overall improvement in fetal monitoring.
“Providing the best care possible is always the goal, but too often I’m seeing gaps in training across care teams, lack of awareness about effective programs, and systemic societal challenges stand in the way of sustainable change,” said Lora Sparkman, MHA, BSN, RN, VP, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality at Relias. “Education is one of the most powerful tools for breaking down these barriers. By partnering with AMCHP, we’re helping healthcare leaders with the resources, knowledge, and support they need to drive real, lasting change in maternal and child health.”
About AMCHP
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is a national resource, partner, and advocate for state public health leaders and others working to improve maternal and child health public health systems. AMCHP supports its members and the broader public health community by disseminating best practices, advocating on their behalf in Washington, DC, providing technical assistance, convening leaders to share experiences and ideas, and advising states about involving partners to reach a common goal of healthy children, healthy families, and healthy communities. For more information, visit www.amchp.org and follow AMCHP on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
About Relias
Relias provides workforce enablement solutions for 13,000 healthcare organizations and 4.5 million caregivers to drive measurable outcomes. Customers choose Relias to reduce cost and risk, increase retention, and improve patient experience and care through the Relias Platform of connected solutions, which includes Learning, Performance, Compliance, Quality, and Recruiting. The Relias family of brands — Nurse.com, Wound Care Education Institute, Relias Academy, FreeCME, and Clinician.com — serves the entire healthcare continuum and shares a common mission of improving the lives of the most vulnerable members of society and those who care for them.
