The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is a collaborative federal-state-industry data project that provides encounter-level health care data. This link is to the dashboard for data on neonatal abstinence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome in newborn hospitalizations. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Mothers, Newborns & Infants
Integrated Care for High Risk Pregnancies: A Pilot Project to Improve Medical Assistance Birth Outcomes
In 2015, the Minnesota Legislature directed the Department of Human Services to implement a pilot program to improve birth outcomes – the Integrated Care for High Risk Pregnancies (ICHRP) Initiative. The pilot program was designed to reach two demographic groups: African Americans at risk for low birth weight births in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and American Indians at risk for opiate use during pregnancy. Continue reading
Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): OHSU Practice Recommendations for the Perioperative Management of Patients on Buprenorphine-Containing Drugs
This resource captures Oregon Health & Science University’s practice recommendations for the management of pain in patients on buprenorphine undergoing surgery and pregnant women during labor, delivery, and the post-partum period. Continue reading
State Strategies to Address Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Infants Prenatally Exposed to Substances, Including Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
A report from a 12 state learning collaborative on improving treatment of opioid use disorder among pregnant and parenting women and infants exposed to opioids. The report focuses on the strategies states used to expand access to and coordination of services, improve education and training for providers, use data to monitor and evaluate initiatives, enhance medical coverage and reimbursement policies, and address ethical, legal, and social considerations such as stigma. Continue reading
Spotlight: Moms and Babies Program
An overview of the Moms and Babies program at the Decatur Correctional Center in Illinois which allows incarcerated women to keep their babies with them for the early development stages and provides the women with parenting education and support. The women are also provided with post-release community reentry services. Women participating in the program have significantly lower rates of recidivism. This report is part of the Addiction Policy Forum’s Spotlight series which highlights innovative programs to address the opioid crisis. Continue reading
Maternal Opiate Medical Support Project: MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland
A 2 page overview of the maternal opiate medical support project that piloted a program to treat pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their babies at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This brief overview provides limited information but the review indicates that coordinated, respectful care can improve outcomes for mothers with OUD and their infants. Continue reading
Bring Them All: A Family-Centered Approach to Addiction Treatment
This 15 minute video describes the family-centered approach to addiction treatment provided by SHIELDS for Families in Southern California. The model allows women and their children and partners to stay together during treatment in a residential setting with all services provided on site. Continue reading
Strong Start Toolkit for You and Your Baby
A collaboration of providers in Ohio developed this shared decision making tool for use by pregnant women and their providers. The tool is not specific to patients with substance use disorders but uses plain language to address multiple pregnancy related issues such as ensuring support for new moms, housing, food and patient safety.
Funding Source: Ohio Department of Medicaid
Pregnancy Care Provider Quick Reference Checklists: Snuggle ME Guidelines
A 2 page summary of the Maine Snuggle Me guideline for treating pregnant women with substance use disorder and their infants. Includes clinician checklists for recommended care during the first, second and third trimesters and postpartum period.
Funding Source: Maine Department of Health and Human Services
The Snuggle ME Guidelines: Tools for Caring for Women with Addiction and their Babies
The 2018 guidelines on caring for pregnant women with substance use disorder (SUD) and their babies from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The guidelines include clinical algorithms for screening for substance use during pregnancy and caring for Continue reading