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ABOUT SMOOTH TRANSITIONS
History and Program Steps
Participating Hospitals
Leadership
RESOURCES
CALENDAR
Resources
Introductory Materials
Smooth Transitions Information Sheet (2022)
Smooth Transitions Infographic – Licensed Midwifery in Washington State (2022)
Smooth Transitions Hospital PPT Presentation (September 2021)
Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Planned Home Birth to Hospital (Home Birth Summit)
Scope of Practice for Licensed Midwives in Washington State
MAWS Indications for Discussion, Consultation, and Transfer of Care in a Home or Birth Center Midwifery Practice (Revised 2021)
MAWS Shared Decision-Making Position Statement (Revised September 2022)
Recommendations for Replicating Smooth Transitions™ in Other States
Start-up Packet
Perinatal Transfer Committee Initial Meeting – Sample Agenda
(2020)
Transfer Protocol – Template
Transfer Algorith
m – Template
SBAR Nursing Script
(Home Birth Summit)
Maternal Transfer Form
(Home Birth Summit)
Newborn Transfer Form
(Home Birth Summit)
Preparing Clients for Hospital Transfers: A Guide for Community Midwives
(2022)
911 Protocol
for Licensed Midwives (2022)
Data Packet
Smooth Transitions Survey Card (with all the QR codes)
Survey Link for Receiving Providers
Survey Link for EMS Providers
Survey Link for Nursing Staff
Survey Link for Community Midwives
Survey Link for Midwifery Clients
Smooth Transitions Audit Form – Facilities
Smooth Transitions Audit Form – Community Midwives
Useful Websites
:
Midwives Association of Washington State (MAWS) –
www.washingtonmidwives.org
MAWS Indications for Discussion, Consultation, and Transfer of Care in a Home or Birth Center Midwifery Practice
MAWS Quality Management Program – Incident and Peer Review
Home Birth Summit –
www.homebirthsummit.org
Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Planned Home Birth to Hospital
Model Maternal Transfer Form
Model Infant Transfer Form
SBAR Nursing Script
The Birth Place Lab –
www.birthplacelab.org
– Numerous relevant studies about integration, collaboration, and the provision of respectful maternity care:
Mapping integration of midwives across the United States: Impact on access, equity, and outcomes
(2018)
Giving Voice to Mothers: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States
(2019)
Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network –
www.nnepqin.org/initiatives/
Multistate Collaboration to Confidentially Review Unanticipated Perinatal Outcomes
– Describes NNEPQIN’s Confidential Review and Improvement Board (CRIB)
Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative – Out-of-Hospital Birth Project –
health.utah.gov/uwnqc/
Transfer Toolkit
Midwife Infographic
Uplift Lab
–
https://upliftlab.org
Pronto International
–
https://prontointernational.org
Ariadne Labs
–
https://www.ariadnelabs.org/delivery-decisions-initiative/teambirth/
Additional Resources
:
Smooth Transitions: Enhancing Interprofessional Collaboration when Planned Community Births Transfer to Hospital Care
(2022)
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Community Birth Settings
(2022)
Quality Improvement in Community Birth A Call to Action
(2022)
Are Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Collaborating Enough? How Including All Birth Settings Can Drive Needed Improvement in the United States Maternity Care System
(2021)
Birth Outcomes for Planned Home and Licensed Freestanding Birth Center Births in Washington State
(2021)
Webinar on the National Academies Report: Birth Settings in America – Lessons for Home Birth and Birth Centers
(2020)
Webinar: Best Practices for Community Birth Transfers – Transfer Tools for Midwives, EMS, and Hospital Providers
(2020)
Trends and State Variations in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 2004-2017
(2019)
Home and Birth Center Birth in the United States: Time for Greater Collaboration Across Models of Care
(2019)
WHO Recommendations: Intrapartum Care for a Positive Childbirth Experience
(2018)
Rural community birth: Maternal and neonatal outcomes for planned community births among rural women in the United States, 2004-2009
(2017)
Informed consent and refusal in obstetrics A practical ethical guide
(2017)
Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009
(2014)
The Lancet Series on Midwifery
(2014)
ACOG Committee Opinion on Planned Home Birth
(2017; reaffirmed 2020)
Washington State Hospital Association Safe Deliveries Roadmap
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