Scaling Up and Sustaining Midwifery
Scaling Up and Sustaining Midwifery
About Us
Grow Midwives works on building relationships and educating physicians, hospitals, and midwives about best practices in collaborative care experiences. A variety of care models, in a variety of settings, can be implemented with our expert assistance.
Our Services
We scale up and sustain Midwifery in the US through our four product lines: one-on-one assistance with midwives, practice development, birth facility settings, and advocacy work. Have your voice heard and grow your practice with Grow Midwives.
Events
Grow Midwives focuses on coordinating stakeholders from every level of the medical community to create change through advocacy and awareness. Join us at our different speaking and educational events throughout the year.
About Us
Grow Midwives works on building relationships and educating physicians, hospitals, and midwives about best practices in collaborative care experiences. A variety of care models, in a variety of settings, can be implemented with our expert assistance.
Our Services
We scale up and sustain Midwifery in the US through our four product lines: one-on-one assistance with midwives, practice development, birth facility settings, and advocacy work. Have your voice heard and grow your practice with Grow Midwives.
Events
Grow Midwives focuses on coordinating stakeholders from every level of the medical community to create change through advocacy and awareness. Join us at our different speaking and educational events throughout the year.
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Landing the Interview & Job Offer Seminar
Listen to this 90-minute recorded live Webinar with Ginger Breedlove discussion 6 key strategies to landing an interview and getting a job offer. Topics include: Readiness to apply, Application Process, Follow-up, Readiness to Interview, Interview and Negotiations. A...
Professional liability coverage: 411 for Midwives on Claims-made, Occurrence, Nose, Tail and Gap (Recorded June 17, 2020)
To address concern with increasing trends in poorly written midwifery contracts and to enhance awareness of professional liability coverage, a 90-minute, live, interactive Webinar was provided by the Grow Midwives team of Joseph Booth and Ginger Breedlove. Discussion...
What is a Midwife Worth? Negotiating Your Value and Earning Potential
By Ginger Breedlove This is a scenario that plays out for midwives across the United States every day. It’s the start of a new week at the practice where you’re employed. Even though there are 5 full-time midwives, the workload is hectic to say the least because you...
Meet Grow Midwives
Ginger Breedlove
PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Principal Consultant
Lesley Rathburn
MSN, CNM, FNP, FACNM
Senior Consultant
Joseph Booth
JD, Mdiv., FAAML
In-House Counsel
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Published today from UK OB/GYN online source.
A good historical read for many reasons.
To learn insight in how the UK is managing childbirth and Covid, if you are a history fan and want to understand how midwifery responded in war times, and to have a sense of why families are challenged in every corner of the globe by this yet to be managed pandemic.
#midwivessavelives
#2020yearofthemidwife
#GrowMidwives
#growconsumers
medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-birth-national-emergency-world-war.html
Birth at a time of national emergency: from the second world war to coronavirus
medicalxpress.com
Women the world over have had their pregnancy and birth experiences drastically altered as a result of the global pandemic. In the UK, the NHS had to quickly put measures in place to ensure that it co...Excited to see this recent marketing piece by the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics promoting their expanding Midwife service, a group that has demonstrated inter-professional collaboration, inter-professional education, and now expanding to fill gaps in rural health needs — for more than 20 years.
Honored to have facilitated two on-site Midwifery Service retreats over the past two years and watch the team scale up midwifery-led care.
Congratulations to Laura Murphy Dellos, Lastascia Coleman and their eight midwives on UI midwifery team! uihc.org/doctors?providers%5Bquery%5D=Midwives
#2020YearoftheMidwife
#GrowMidwives
uihc.org/health-topics/ask-expert-should-i-consider-midwife
One of the best resources I refer individuals wanting to learn more about changing the work environment.
#GrowMidwives fields many calls from midwives about frustration in workplace while seeking guidance on whether to leave or stay in unsatisfying jobs.
What can you do while trying to figure out next steps?
The Harvard Business Review article suggests, "There are three moments when your job seems most ideal: The day you spot the job posting, the day they say yes and your first week of work. Months later — after a variety of workplace stressors reveal themselves — the job that was once shiny and new typically loses some luster. You may even start looking for greener professional pastures. But the grass is always greener on the other side of a brand-new job description, so before you start rationalizing a significant job shift, consider these eight ways to make the job you have more interesting and fulfilling. These ideas may not only keep you happier at work, but also help you sustain the benefits, comfort level, and reputation you’ve worked so hard to earn."
We provide professional coaching to help Midwives sort thru how to manage difficult employment relationships, rights, and reasons to leave or remain.
Even if not considering departure, some of these 8 recommendations may elevate how you can better cope in the uncertain times of Covid-19.
#2020YearofMidwife
hbr.org/2020/03/how-to-make-the-most-of-the-job-you-already-have
Fascinating webinar I located searching Midwifery and Payment Reform — This was held virtually, in March.
Over the past year, more than any other I recall, conversations about midwives, doulas and birth centers has grown exponentially among payers and employers. I applaud this recognition, and hold some concern as to why these roles and models of care are not present to speak or at minimum respond to questions.
Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) sponsored the webinar — High-Value Maternity Care: Payment and Benefit Design Solutions: What solutions can help employers improve quality (and contain costs) in maternity care? It can be viewed www.catalyze.org/product/maternity-payment-benefit-design-solutions/. [Yet another group now added to follow]
And yes, Midwifery-led care, birth centers, doulas and payment reform was discussed.
Who are they?
“CPR has made maternity care a priority since the early 2010s. Our Spring 2020 Webinar Series on High-Value Maternity Care, Growing Opportunities for Employers and Purchasers, demonstrates our commitment to double down in this critical area in the new decade. The series brings together leading experts discussing today’s challenges as well as new opportunities to nurture value in maternity care.”
Attaching the RFP referenced that went out in late 2019 to NY and NJ hospitals by 32bjfunds. And yes, the document references physician-midwife partnerships in care. www.32bjfunds.org/Portals/2/RFP/RFI_Maternity_Network_32BJHealth.pdf
So why share these documents?
1. If being discussed, there is need to BE at the table.
2. If being discussed, there IS evidence of value.
3. If there is evidence of value, WHY is integration into systems of care so challenging?
#Themoreyouknow
#GrowMidwives
Would VALUE hearing from any midwives in NY or NJ that may be aware of or participating in the 32BJ grants.
High-Value Maternity Care: Payment and Benefit Design Solutions - Catalyst for Payment Reform
www.catalyze.org
Dr. Malini Nijagal, MD, MPH, of UCSF, and Sara Rothstein, Director of the 32BJ Health Fund discuss how payment reform and benefit design, when applied through a data-driven approach, can help employer...