{"id":801,"date":"2017-10-19T22:37:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T22:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obcoap.org\/?page_id=801"},"modified":"2025-05-21T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:56:38","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"RESOURCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_speed_bg=&#8221;1.2&#8243; overlay_dotted=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1570578700314{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/10\/iStock-642036008-1.jpg?id=1213) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;300px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #fff;\">Resources<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row overlay_dotted=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564157077612{margin-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][vc_tta_tour style=&#8221;outline&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; spacing=&#8221;20&#8243; controls_size=&#8221;md&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243; no_fill_content_area=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Introductory Materials&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1707183192766-397106f0-cf31&#8243;][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Smooth Transitions Information&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/Smooth-Transitions-Information-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smooth Transitions Information Sheet (2024)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/ST-Hospital-Presentation-PPT-6.2024.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smooth Transitions Hospital PPT Presentation (June 2024)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/Recommendations-for-Implementing-a-Program-in-Your-State-to-Improve-Hospital-Transfers-from-Planned-Community-Births-2024-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recommendations for Implementing a Program in Your State to Improve Hospital Transfers from Planned Community Births (2024)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Licensed Midwifery in Washington State&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/Scope-of-Practice-for-Licensed-Midwives-in-Washington-State.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WA State Licensed Midwife Scope of Practice &amp; Routine Care (2025)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonmidwives.org\/uploads\/1\/1\/3\/8\/113879963\/final_-_maws_indications_for_discussion_conulstation_and_transfer_of_care_in_a_home_or_birth_center_midwifery_practice_1_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAWS Indications for Discussion, Consultation, and Transfer of Care in a Home or Birth Center Midwifery Practice (Revised 2021)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/MAWS-Shared-Decision-Making-Position-Statement.Revised-July-2022.AEL_.v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAWS Shared Decision-Making Position Statement (Revised September 2022)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/Smooth-Transitions-Infographic-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smooth Transitions Infographic &#8211; Licensed Midwifery in Washington State (2022)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Getting Started&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1707183202891-1d5f9bdc-8185&#8243;][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Building Transfer Guidelines&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/Smooth-Transitions-Transfer-Protocol-from-Planned-Community-Birth.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Transfer Guideline &#8211; Template (2024)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/Early-Discharge-Newborn-Smooth-Transitions-Template.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Discharge Newborn &#8211; Template (2023)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/Quick-Algorithm-for-Transfer.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Transfer Algorithm &#8211; Template (Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative) (2024)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Model_SBAR_Nurse_Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SBAR Nursing Script<\/a>\u00a0(Home Birth Summit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Collaboration_TF_Maternal_Transfer_Form_February_24.01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maternal Transfer Form<\/a>\u00a0(Home Birth Summit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Collaboration_TF_Newborn_Transfer_Form_12_15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newborn Transfer Form<\/a> (Home Birth Summit)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Perinatal Transfer Committee Meeting Tools&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/Smooth-Transitions-Perinatal-Transfer-Committee-1st-Meeting-Sample-Agenda-2024-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Perinatal Transfer Committee Initial Meeting &#8211; Sample Agenda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/ST-PTC-Standard-Meeting-Slides-Template-7.2024.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Perinatal Transfer Committee Initial Meeting &#8211; Meeting Slides<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> (2024)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Community Midwife Tools&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Smooth-Transitions-911-Protocol-September-2021-1.pdf\">911 Protocol <\/a><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Smooth-Transitions-911-Protocol-September-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Licensed Midwives (2022)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/Preparing-Clients-for-Hospital-Transfers-6.20.22-1122.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Preparing Clients for Hospital Transfer: A Guide for Community Midwives (2022)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Hospital Tools&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Tips-for-Welcoming-Community-Birth-Transfers-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips for Welcoming Community Birth Transfer (ORPCCBTP)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Doula Tools&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Smooth Transitions and How Doulas Can Be Involved\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Smooth Transitions and How Doulas Can Be Involved\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2V8GrvG4zX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presented by: Melissa Denmark, Sarah Davidson, and Mariah Falin<\/strong>[\/vc_toggle][vc_empty_space][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Watch our Videos&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1707183214126-56f4ce04-6a2f&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/w5sUW32G5AM&#8221; title=&#8221;Smooth Transitions Program Overview&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/hXzn7vE79ag&#8221; title=&#8221;Historical Context and the Development of Smooth Transitions&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Useful Websites&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1707183201662-2d70673b-114e&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18px;\">Useful Websites<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Midwives Association of Washington State (MAWS) \u2013 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonmidwives.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.washingtonmidwives.org<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonmidwives.org\/uploads\/1\/1\/3\/8\/113879963\/final_-_maws_indications_for_discussion_conulstation_and_transfer_of_care_in_a_home_or_birth_center_midwifery_practice_1_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MAWS Indications for Discussion, Consultation, and Transfer of Care in a Home or Birth Center Midwifery Practice<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonmidwives.org\/qmp-archived-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MAWS Quality Management Program \u2013 Incident and Peer Review<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Washington Alliance for Responsible Midwifery (WARM) \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/warmmidwives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/warmmidwives.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/warmmidwives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WARM-Considerations-for-Care-Consultation-and-Referral.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Considerations for Care, Consultation and Referral<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Home Birth Summit \u2013 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homebirthsummit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.homebirthsummit.org<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/HomeBirthSummit_BestPracticeTransferGuidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Planned Home Birth to Hospital<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Collaboration_TF_Maternal_Transfer_Form_February_24.01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Model Maternal Transfer Form<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Collaboration_TF_Newborn_Transfer_Form_12_15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Model Infant Transfer Form<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Model_SBAR_Nurse_Form.pdf\"><em>SBAR Nursing Script\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Birth Place Lab \u2013 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birthplacelab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.birthplacelab.org<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Numerous relevant studies about integration, collaboration, and the provision of respectful maternity care:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/Best-Practice-Guidelines-for-Collaboration-Community-Midwives-and-Specialists-Final-compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> Best Practice Guidelines for Interprofessional Collaboration: Community Midwives and Specialist Providers (2020)<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12978-019-0729-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Giving Voice to Mothers: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States<\/em><\/a><em> (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0192523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mapping integration of midwives across the United States: Impact on access, equity, and outcomes<\/em><\/a><em> (2018)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network \u2013 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nnepqin.org\/initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.nnepqin.org\/initiatives<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/NNEPQIN-CRIB-Review-Green-Journal-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Multistate Collaboration to Confidentially Review Unanticipated Perinatal Outcomes<\/span><\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 Describes NNEPQIN\u2019s Confidential Review and Improvement Board (CRIB)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative \u2013 Out-of-Hospital Birth Project \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mihp.utah.gov\/uwnqc\/out-of-hospital-births\">Out of Hospital Births | Maternal and Infant Health Program (utah.gov)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mihp.utah.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transfer-Toolkit-Poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Transfer Toolkit<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mihp.utah.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Midwives-Infographic.pdf\">Midwife Infographic<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uplift Lab<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/upliftlab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.upliftlab.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronto International<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/prontointernational.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.prontointernational.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative <\/strong>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmqcc.org\">www.cmqcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmqcc.org\/VBirthToolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Decrease Primary Ceseaeans <\/a><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmqcc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Vbirth-Toolkit-with-Supplement_Final_11.30.22_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF Version<\/a><\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmqcc.org\/VBirthToolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2023)<\/a> <\/span>\u2013<\/em> specifically part v. the next step: integrating midwives, doulas, and community-based care<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oregon Community Birth Transfer Partnership <\/strong>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/oregonperinatalcollaborative.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.oregonperinatalcollaborative.org<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: helvetica;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oregonperinatalcollaborative.org\/initiative\/community-birth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Transfer Improvement Toolkit (2021)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Maternity Care &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.primarymaternitycare.com\/programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.primarymaternitycare.com\/programs<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Various programs that support increasing quality, safety, equity, and interdisciplinary collaboration around birth, specifically focusing on birth centers, doulas, interprofession EMS training, and patient education tools about care options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Additional Resources&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1707183192766-1037626a-f215&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18px;\">Additional Resources<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/saferbirth.org\/community-birth-transfer-resource-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIM Community Birth Transfer Resource Kit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jmwh.13441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Smooth Transitions: Enhancing Interprofessional Collaboration when Planned Community Births Transfer to Hospital Care<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpartnership.org\/our-work\/resources\/health-care\/maternity\/improving-maternity-community-birth-settings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Community Birth Settings<\/a> (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/J-Midwife-Womens-Health-2022-Akerson-Quality-Improvement-in-Community-Birth-A-Call-to-Action.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quality Improvement in Community Birth A Call to Action<\/a> (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/birt.12600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Collaborating Enough? How Including All Birth Settings Can Drive Needed Improvement in the United States Maternity Care System<\/a> (2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/greenjournal\/Fulltext\/9900\/Birth_Outcomes_for_Planned_Home_and_Licensed.301.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birth Outcomes for Planned Home and Licensed Freestanding Birth Center Births in Washington State<\/a> (2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/432323458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webinar on the National Academies Report: Birth Settings in America &#8211; Lessons for Home Birth and Birth Centers<\/a>\u00a0(2020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivece.com\/courses\/transfer-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webinar: Best Practices for Community Birth Transfers &#8211; Transfer Tools for Midwives, EMS, and Hospital Providers<\/a>\u00a0(2020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6642827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trends and State Variations in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 2004-2017<\/a> (2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Home_and_Birth_Center_Birth-OBG-2019-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Home and Birth Center Birth in the United States: Time for Greater Collaboration Across Models of Care<\/em><\/a><em> (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241550215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>WHO Recommendations: Intrapartum Care for a Positive Childbirth Experience<\/em><em> (2018)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Nethery_et_al-2017-Rural-Birth_PDF-Offprint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rural community birth: Maternal and neonatal outcomes for planned community births among rural women in the United States, 2004-2009<\/em><\/a><em> (2017)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Informed-consent-and-refusal-in-obstetrics-A-practical-ethical-guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Informed consent and refusal in obstetrics A practical ethical guide<\/a><\/em> (2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Cheyney-et-al.-JMWH-outcomes-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009<\/em><\/a><em> (2014)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/series\/midwifery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Lancet Series on Midwifery<\/em><\/a> <em>(2014)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/clinical\/clinical-guidance\/committee-opinion\/articles\/2017\/04\/planned-home-birth#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20they%20should%20be%20informed,neonatal%20seizures%20or%20serious%20neurologic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ACOG Committee Opinion on Planned Home Birth<\/em><\/a> <em>(2017; reaffirmed 2020)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsha.org\/quality-safety\/projects\/safe-deliveries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington State Hospital Association Safe Deliveries Roadmap<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;TeamBirth Collaboration&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1719011832537-2a872257-4971&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>TeamBirth Collaboration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"TeamBirth Guide for Community Midwives\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Community-Midwife-1-Pager-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">TeamBirth Guide for Community Midwives<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/Birthing-Person-Infographic-3-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">TeamBirth Guide for Midwifery Clients<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Doula-1-Pager-REVISED-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TeamBirth Guide for Doulas<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/TeamBirth-WA-sites-Cohorts-1-3-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TeamBirth WA Sites<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ariadne Labs TeamBirth website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ariadnelabs.org\/delivery-decisions-initiative\/teambirth\/\">https:\/\/www.ariadnelabs.org\/delivery-decisions-initiative\/teambirth\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a5CGsnNWLP0&#8243; title=&#8221;A Deep Dive on TeamBirth with Washington State Community Midwives&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;LM-EMS Collaboration&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1732575227253-b8d37d05-8a78&#8243;][vc_toggle title=&#8221;EMS Tools&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Contact-Smooth-Transitions-to-help-locate-and-identify-your-local-Community-Midwives.-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collaborate with Smooth Transitions and Community Midwives<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Community Midwife Tools&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Smooth-Transitions-911-Protocol-September-2021-1.pdf\">911 Protocol <\/a><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Smooth-Transitions-911-Protocol-September-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Licensed Midwives\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/EMS-System-A-Guide-for-Community-Midwives-midwife.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMS System in WA State &#8211; A Guide for Community Midwives<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/EMS-Info-flyer-for-Community-Midwives.pdf-midwife.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMS Information for Community Midwives<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/smoothtransitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Connect-with-EMS.pdf-midwife.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with EMS &#8211; Strengthening Teamwork<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Community Midwives and EMS &#8211; How to Collaborate for Smooth Transfers to Definitive Care <\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#8211; To access this PowerPoint Presentation slide deck for your practice to use for engaging with your local EMS, please email the Smooth Transitions Program Manager: <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:smoothtransitions@qualityhealth.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smoothtransitions@qualityhealth.org<\/a><\/span><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQJxR2wG6BlkOV-_4nqEuONkeP9A9XgjQ_G7l4e01UNwSzcrXlc6boqhQrugr2fZY6WruJtlT6NPcDu\/embed?start=true&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=15000\" width=\"960\" height=\"569\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tour][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;blue&#8221; 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