Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Key Components to Support Authorities and Protections

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  Efforts to establish or strengthen a maternal mortality review committee (MMRC) should include a review of what protections and authorities are already in place. The purpose of the MMRC is not to assign blame to individual providers or hospitals but to look for opportunities to prevent maternal deaths within and across cases for population level action. It is distinct from and not a substitute for hospital peer review committees, root cause analysis, or complaint investigations. Authority and protections for MMRCs must protect the intent of the public health surveillance process.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date approximated from file properties
• Subjects:
  Chronic Disease Maternal Mortality Reproductive Health
• Keywords:
  2025 CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Resource Guide Community Engagement Strategies Documents Reproductive Health (Chronic Health Topic)
• DOI:
  https://www.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/251913
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9377b369b95544fae7f533fca43c0c431bda4114641c331522192ccc9b2d75584340b2ae6db2a41f7fbe7a874525c60fc63abb0d0c3a280347c96bf69de524b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251913/cdc_251913_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 519.12 KB ]