Our Team
GINGER BREEDLOVE, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Solving the shortage of women’s health care providers in the US is a daunting task that will involve coordinating stakeholders from every level of the medical community. There are few people in the world today who understand this complex issue as well as Ginger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, APRN, FACNM, FAAN.
LESLEY RATHBUN, MSN, CNM, FNP, FACNM
SENIOR CONSULTANT
The main job of any OBGYN or Midwife is to ensure the health of mothers and babies, but birth in the United States is still a business. Lesley Rathbun has spent the last 30 years advocating for women’s health while becoming a well-known figure in the fields of birth center entrepreneurship and legislation.
JOSEPH BOOTH, JD, Mdiv., FAAML
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
Today’s Physicians and Midwives spend the majority of their early careers learning how to administer care. So much so that learning the legal and business aspects of running a practice simply isn’t feasible. The legalities surrounding maternity care require careful navigation by a knowledgeable advocate.
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Offering information on accredited midwifery education programs in the US.
Consumer understanding about midwifery education, training, scope and licensure is KEY to demanding midwifery services where barriers exist.
ONE source is the Council for Higher Education Accreditation that oversees midwifery education programs that train the Certified Nurse-Midwife and Certified Midwife. CHEA serves higher education, students and the public through advocacy and leadership in assuring academic quality through accreditation.
Recognized by the US Dept of Education, the institutions (programs) listed have been accredited as of August 2019, as reported by the accrediting organization. (See list on url below)
Scan thru the list of nearly 40 existing programs seeing a variety of pathways that lead to these credentials.
In addition, there are 11 MEAC accredited schools that lead to the Certified Professional Midwife, CPM credential. meacschools.org/member-school-directory/. A credential supported, as are the CNM and CM, by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
WHAT is holding back full integration of Midwives in the US?
WHY are states refusing to acknowledge federally designated educational training programs?
WHEN can we see authority to practice to full extent of education and training?
WHO will you influence, educate and demand changes be implemented as we work to address the US maternal mortality crises?
#GrowMidwives
#2020yearofthemidwife
www.chea.org/accreditation-commission-midwifery-education
Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education | Council for Higher Education Accreditation
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Programmatic Accrediting Organization Please refer to the USDE website for their Recognized Scope of Accreditation here (www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html?src=more) Recognized by U.S...When US Midwife services for a community are sacrificed to preserve a profit margin alongside physician power, families and communities suffer.
What will it take for mainstreaming midwifery?
What will it take for consumers to believe decades of evidence demonstrating optimal outcomes, reduced cost and high satisfaction when care is provided by midwives and challenge these decisions?
What will it take for collaborative, collegial, non-competitive models of care across the country?
What will it take for families to be provided choice in and seamless care as defined by services available when needed?
What will it take for midwives to gain a respected, integrated role as autonomous health care providers?
What will it take to remove politics, power and profit from US health care and prioritize people served?
For the country with the worst outcomes in maternal infant health of all high-income countries in the world, while also spending significantly more money on services, the answer to improving outcomes and reducing cost is NOT Cape Cod Hospital response.
To my midwife colleagues who have dedicated years to this community, where there is will there is way.
#2020yearofthemidwife
www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2020/10/28/cape-cod-healthcare-cut-back-midwife-services/6059882002/
Cape Cod Healthcare to cut back on midwife services
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Officials say plan will restructure care at Cape Cod's only maternity unit, but nurses union says it will reduce patient optionsJoseph has a robust background in law and healthcare. Learn how he has used his passion and experience to help push Grow Midwives forward!
Even from rural MO thru a cold/rainy week, a trip planned months ago blending work with fall fly fishing - I’m grateful for the Internet and opportunity to work with so many passionate midwives.
So far this week assisted with several contracts, coaching sessions, negotiating job offers, discussions on starting private midwifery practice and providing a CME session for Healthy Babies Healthy Mothers Georgia this afternoon.
The only way to advance midwifery is to use your strong patient advocacy voice in key conversations requiring a strong professional (self-advocacy) voice.
#GrowMidwives
#Yesyoucan
#2020yearofthemidwife
Continuing to connect several dots on VC Oula move to support a new model of maternity care based in NYC. oulahealth.com/
“Midwife or doctor? Birth center or hospital? Medicated or au naturale? At Oula, we believe it doesn’t have to be one or the other. So we’ve redesigned an experience that doesn’t have a “right way.” Our collaborative team of experienced midwives and obstetricians work together to navigate, educate, and help you make the choices that are best for you. So you feel empowered and safe from start to finish.”
Chelsea Clinton also joining in investment startup stating, “Women should be at the center of their health care, especially during pregnancy,” Clinton said in a statement to Fortune about her investment in the startup. That experience should be collaborative and holistic, and Metrodora is proud to support Oula Health to create an approach that does just that for prenatal and postpartum care.”
#staytuned
#birthcenterinNYC
#growmidwives
www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2020/10/20/chelsea-clinton-vc-firm-metrodora-ventures-oula/amp/
Chelsea Clinton's Metrodora Ventures ramps up
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Clinton's latest investment is in maternal health startup Oula.