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Written for graduate students and professionals in the fields of midwifery, women's health, and public health, this book explores the freestanding birth center model in the United States from its conception by pioneering midwives and others in the early 1970s through the present day. Compared to the hospital-based birth model, the freestanding birth center offers a better documented, healthier, more cost-effective, and more humane way to care for women and newborns, consistent with the goals of health care legislation. This rapidly expanding model of care has many positive implications for high-quality, individualized care and birth outcomes across the United States. Written by U.S. leaders in midwifery, Freestanding Birth Centers: Innovation, Evidence, Optimal Outcomes offers a comprehensive guide to the evolving role of birth centers, clinical and cost outcomes, regulatory and legal issues, provider and accreditation issues, and the future of the birth center model. Woven throughout the text are descriptions of ""exemplar"" birth centers, representing diverse geographical, business, and service models. These cases illustrate the possibilities for expansion and replication of this model of care. Key Features Provides a thorough history of the birth center movement from its inception through future expansion of the model Serves as an essential resource with up-to-date evidence on clinical and cost outcomes Includes case studies linking the unique service focus of individual birth centers to the associated sections of the book Provides practical and comprehensive coverage of all issues involved in implementing and operating a U.S. birth center

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Author:   Linda Cole ,  Melissa Avery
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.615kg
ISBN:  

9780826125897

ISBN 10:   0826125891
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   11 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents Contributors Foreword by Ruth Watson Lubic, CNM, EdD, FACNM, FAAN, and Kitty Ernst, CNM, MPH, FACNM Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I. The History and Development of the Freestanding Birth Center Model 1. Organizing for Change: History, Pioneers, and the Formation of a National Organization Kathryn M. Schrag and Kate E. Bauer 2. Meeting the Need for Innovation in Maternity Care Diana R. Jolles and Paula Pelletier-Butler 3. The Contemporary Birth Center as Part of an Integrated Care Model Linda J. Cole SECTION II. Birth Center Outcomes: The Triple Aim 4. Clinical Outcomes in Birth Centers Julia C. Phillippi and Kathleen Danhausen 5. A Profile of Birth Center Use in the United States and the Potential Demand for Birth Center Use in the Future Eugene R. Declercq and Erika R. Cheng 6. Cost Outcomes and Finances of Freestanding Birth Centers Victoria G. Woo and Neel T. Shah SECTION III. Political and Regulatory Landscape 7. Care Providers in Freestanding Birth Centers Autumn Versace Vergo and Kaye Kanne 8. Reaching for Excellence: Birth Center Standards and Accreditation Susan Rutledge Stapleton and Rosemary Senjem 9. Birth Center Regulation in the United States Jill Alliman SECTION IV. Envisioning the Future of the Freestanding Birth Center 10. Enhanced Care Services and Health Homes Alisha H. Wilkes and Jill Alliman 11. The Role of Birth Centers in Promoting Physiologic Birth Melissa D. Avery 12. Preparing the Workforce Barbara A. Anderson, Linda J. Cole, and Jesse S. Bushman 13. Launching a Birth Center Cynthia Flynn and Brianna Honea Bennett Appendix: Birth Centers in the Global Arena Kathryn M. Schrag Index

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Linda J. Cole, DNP, CNM, has spent most of her professional life in full-scope practice at a freestanding birth center, Lisa Ross Birth and Women's Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Cole joined Frontier Nursing University in 2012 as an assistant professor in the Department of Midwifery and Women's Health. Melissa D. Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, is a professor in the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and directs the nurse-midwifery education program there.

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