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Great video! We've supported development of this clinical decision support tool by carrying out a barrier to adoption study and gathering insights from frontline clinicians on the potential of Fit4Labour to improve fetal outcomes. We're now focusing on cost-effectiveness.

Here is the full video showcasing Fit4Labour, an incredible decision support tool co-developed with clinicians and currently tested in NHS hospitals. This cutting-edge technology is designed to enhance outcomes for safer births, empowering healthcare professionals with the insights they need to make timely, informed decisions. #HealthcareInnovation #NHS #TechnologyForGood

Clinicians must stay vigilant about new climate-related health risks. Increasing access to contraceptives, early pregnancy loss, and abortion care empowers people to maintain reproductive autonomy during crises. Read our newest Insights by Innes Tounkel! This article educates clinicians on how to maintain patient access to essential reproductive health services amidst extreme weather events. ➡️ Swipe right for a sneak peek. Insights are our monthly e-newsletter offering primary care clinicians evidence-based education on abortion and early pregnancy loss care (miscarriage).  Get our Insights straight to your inbox! Subscribe now: https://lnkd.in/gedn4xQa.

Pregnancy cravings are those strong desires for particular foods that appear out of nowhere. This is one of the frequent side effects of pregnancy. While occasionally indulging is permissible, controlling urges is crucial. https://lnkd.in/dxe6rCMk #pregnancy #reproductivehealth #cravings #food #healthyeating

Black Maternal Health Week is April 11-17, and this year’s theme is “Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!” MotherToBaby opposes laws that prevent people from making informed reproductive choices, or that seek to prevent or criminalize healthcare professionals informing patients of scientific knowledge or reproductive options. Our service continues to provide confidential, evidence-based, scientifically accurate, and unbiased information about exposures before and during pregnancy that allows people who are pregnant or who could become pregnant to make informed reproductive choices. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gZrpVp78 #BMHW24 #reproductiverights #reproductivejustice #reproductivehealth

NATAL CARES INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MATERNAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS April 11 is the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. Globally, 800 women die each day from preventable causes due to pregnancy and childbirth. Improving maternal health outcomes and preventing maternal deaths requires a human rights-based approach that protects a person’s right to survive childbirth, to access high-quality health care, to government accountability, to equity and non-discrimination when accessing care, and to family planning and contraception. Enshrining these rights for all pregnant people is key to meaningful progress towards the prevention of maternal deaths globally. At NATAL CARES, Our Vision is simple: CRUSH MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY and We are not Joking at all.

Navigating the New HIPAA Privacy Rule: How Reproductive Health Care Alters HIPAA Privacy - A new HIPAA privacy rule protecting reproductive health care disclosures begins enforcement shortly before Christmas, and many providers may be caught off guard by its broad application. On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Final Rule restricting the disclosure of patient records that may relate to reproductive health care. Reproductive health care typically focuses on pregnancy, but this new restriction applies more broadly to individuals across all age groups and both sexes. Enforcement of this rule begins on December 23, 2024, and introduces new procedures for disclosing certain patient records. Read more at https://lnkd.in/ggVsmM7V. #SKOfirm #SKOInsider

University of Louisville Hospitals and UofL Health Physicians’ Offices have started requiring reproductive health attestation forms be completed by the firm requesting the records for Subpoenas and Authorizations.

#podcast Kathy Lee-Sepsick, President, Founder, and CEO of Femasys, uses innovative medical technologies to address unmet women's reproductive healthcare needs. Femasyis is developing treatments for infertility and birth control and diagnostic tools to support its treatment offerings. The devices are intentionally designed to be more accessible, less invasive, and safer for women than existing options, some of which have not changed in 100 years.   #Femasys $FEMY #WomensHealth #IVF #Fertility #Birthcontrol #FemaSeed #FemBloc #FemVue #FemCerv femasys.com https://lnkd.in/guZ7zryA