RESEARCH ISSUES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF BIRTH SETTINGS: A WORKSHOP
March 6-7, 2013
The National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW, Room 100
Washington, DC
DAY 1
9:00 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks |
Maxine Hayes, Washington State Department of Health Workshop Moderator and Planning Committee Chair | |
9:05 | Perspectives from the Sponsor |
Patrick S. Simpson, W.K. Kellogg Foundation | |
9:15 | Perspectives from the Maternal, Child, and Health Bureau Isadora Hare, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services |
Maternal, Child, and Health Bureau | |
9:20 | Panel 1—Context and Background |
Moderator: Sherin Devaskar, University of California, Los Angeles | |
Historical and Recent Trends in Childbirth in the United States | |
Brady Hamilton, Reproductive Branch, National Center for Health Statistics |
Who Are the Women Giving Birth in Various Settings? | |
Marian MacDorman, Reproductive Branch, National Center for Health Statistics | |
Discussant Nigel Paneth, Michigan State University |
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10:25 | Break |
10:40 | Panel 2—Assessment of Risk in Pregnancy |
Moderator: Benjamin Sachs, Tulane University | |
Identifying Low Risk Pregnancies | |
Kimberly D. Gregory, Cedars-Sinai | |
A Sociological Perspective on Risk Assessment in Pregnancy | |
Elizabeth Armstrong, Princeton University | |
Discussant | |
M. Kathryn Menard, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
11:45 | Panels 1 and 2 Discussion |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
1:15 | Panel 3—Birth Settings and Health Outcomes: State of the Science |
Moderator: Holly Powell Kennedy, Yale University | |
Cochrane Review: Alternative Versus Conventional Institutional Settings for Birth | |
Ellen Hodnett, University of Toronto | |
Birthplace in England Collaborative Group Studies | |
Jane Sandall, King’s College, London | |
Process of Care During Childbirth | |
Carol Sakala, Childbirth Connection | |
Effect of Built Environment on Health Outcomes | |
Esther M. Sternberg, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine |
Discussant | |
Kristi L. Watterberg, University of New Mexico Hospital | |
2:55 | Break |
3:10 | Panel Discussion |
3:40 | Panel 4—Workforce Issues |
Moderator: Thomas C. Ricketts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Education, Regulation, and Management of Health Care Professionals in Birth Settings | |
Catherine Dower, University of California, San Francisco | |
Staffing in Birth Settings | |
Debra Bingham, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses | |
Discussant | |
Susan R. Stapleton, Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers | |
4:40 | Panel Discussion |
5:00 | Adjourn for the Day |
Maxine Hayes | |
DAY 2 | |
9:00 a.m. | Welcome |
Maxine Hayes | |
9:10 | Panel 5—Data Systems and Measurement |
Moderator: Diane Rowley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Use of Data for Decision Making | |
William Barth, Massachusetts General Hospital | |
CMS Strong Start Study—Approach to Data Collection and Evaluation | |
Caitlin Cross-Barnet, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation | |
Discussant | |
Elliot Main, California Maternity Quality Care Collaborative | |
10:10 | Panel Discussion |
10:30 | Break |
10:40 | Panel 6—Costs, Value, and Reimbursement Issues Associated with Various Birth Settings |
Moderator: Jeannette Rogowski, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | |
Reimbursement Issues and Payment Innovation | |
William Shrank, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation | |
Assessing Costs of Births in Varied Settings—State Example | |
Laurie Cawthon, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services | |
Discussant | |
Kathleen Nolan, National Association of Medicaid Directors | |
11:40 | Panel Discussion |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 | Panel 7: Discussion—Perspectives from Providers |
Moderator: Ellen Hodnett, University of Toronto | |
Frank A. Chervenak, New York Weill Cornell Medical Center | |
Karen Pelote, Family Health and Birth Center | |
Brynne Potter, Private Practice Maternity |
2:00 | Considerations When Evaluating Studies on Birth Settings |
Catherine Spong, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | |
2:20 | Reflections on Workshop and Future Research Needs |
Zsakeba Henderson, Division of Reproductive Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
2:40 | Conclusion and Adjourn |
Maxine Hayes |
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