EMPower Hospital Spotlight: University Medical Center – Lubbock, TX
EMPower Hospital Spotlight: University Medical Center – Lubbock, TX Located in the northwestern region of Texas called the South Plains, Lubbock is fondly known as “Hub City” due to its intersection by five major highways. The accessibility of the city has contributed to its development as a center of bustling economic, cultural, educational, and healthcare opportunities. As the 11th largest city in Texas, Lubbock has a population of over 321,000 that is continuing to grow; Hispanics or Latinos represent about ...
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EMPower Breastfeeding Spring 2016 Newsletter
EMPower Breastfeeding Spring 2016 Newsletter The EMPower Breastfeeding initiative is pleased to share the first issue of the EMPower Newsletter. This newsletter was created as a means of communicating exciting initiative related information to our partners and colleagues in the field to keep you abreast of our progress. We thank you for your support and look forward to sharing many more successes with you! Click the following link to view the Spring 2016 Newsletter: EMPower Newsletter_Spring 2016_ Final ...
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EMPower Hospital Spotlight: Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville
EMPower Hospital Spotlight: Northwest Medical Center - Bentonville Bentonville’s culture consists of the charming characteristics of a Southern city and small town, combined with influences from the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area and a status as a global business hub. Bentonville is located in one of the fastest growing regions in the country, and in the past 20 years, it has transformed from a small town to a bustling center of commerce and entrepreneurialism. According to a recent US Census survey, ...
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Meet our Physician Champions – Spotlight on Barbara L. Philipp
Meet our Physician Champions: Spotlight on Barbara L. Philipp Barbara L. Philipp MD, FAAP, FABM is Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. She is the Medical Director of The Birth Place at Boston Medical Center. She served as a co-chair of the Boston Medical Center Baby-Friendly Task Force, which successfully led the hospital to Baby-Friendly designation in 1999. She was a member ...
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EMPower Hospital Spotlight: Susquehanna Health Williamsport Regional Medical Center
EMPower Hospital Spotlight: Susquehanna Health Williamsport Regional Medical Center As the largest city in Lycoming County in north central Pennsylvania, Williamsport is rich with community art and attractions, Victorian architecture, and a vibrant downtown. It is the only city located in the Pennsylvania Wilds, encompassing Williamsport and the surrounding geographic area with scenic mountains and forests that place them away from the state’s major metropolitan areas. Williamsport is best known as the birthplace of Little League Baseball® and welcomes the ...
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Breastfeeding in the News – Impact of BFHI Ten Steps
Breastfeeding in the News: Impact of BFHI Ten Steps A new narrative systematic review in Maternal and Child Nutrition found that adherence to the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Ten Steps has a positive impact on breastfeeding outcomes, with a dose–response relationship between the number of BFHI steps women are exposed to and the likelihood of improved breastfeeding outcomes. Read the full abstract and article here: "Impact of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review." ...
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Meet our Physician Champions – Spotlight on Joan Meek
Meet our Physician Champions: Spotlight on Joan Meek Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC earned her B.S., M.S. (Clinical Nutrition), and M.D. Degrees from the University of Kentucky. She was elected to both Phi Beta Kappa and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed pediatric residency training at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Meek is a board certified pediatrician, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, ...
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Quality Improvement Tips: Process Maps
Quality Improvement Tips: Process Maps Process maps and swim-lanes are great QI tools to use in maternity care improvement projects. Process maps help visualize the current (or future) process and identify event sequences, decision points, and wait times/delays. Process maps can help streamline activities by identifying and eliminating non-value added steps. In addition, they are a great tool for communicating what a process does/should look like. Swim-lanes are a special type of process flow diagram, which more clearly shows handoffs ...
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Meet our Physician Champions – Spotlight on Alison Stuebe
Meet our Physician Champions: Spotlight on Alison Stuebe Alison was recently named Distinguished Chair of Infant and Young Child Feeding (details here). She is also a regular blogger for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. We are thrilled to have her as part of the EMPower team! Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, FACOG, FABM completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She completed fellowship training in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Brigham and ...
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