SCBOI SC AIM Information as of March 2025
South Carolina Birth
Outcomes Initiative
Joins the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal
Health
Did you know? The United States has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any developed nation, and over 80% of those deaths are preventable.1,2 In response, the national Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) was founded to promote consistent and safe maternity care to significantly reduce maternal morbidity and maternal mortality.3 In partnership with the South Carolina Birth Outcomes Initiative, SC became an AIM state in October, 2019.
What Is AIM? The purpose of AIM is to “equip,
empower and embolden every state, perinatal quality collaborative,
hospital network/system, birth facility and maternity care provider in
the U.S. to significantly reduce severe maternal morbidity and maternal
mortality through proven implementation of consistent maternity care
practices.”4 AIM strategies include broad partnership,
tools and technical assistance, implementation training, real-time data,
building on existing initiatives, and incremental bundle
adoption.5
AIM maternal safety bundles (action systems)
focus on obstetric hemorrhage, severe hypertension in pregnancy, safe
reduction of primary cesarean birth, cardiac conditions in obstetric
care, maternal substance use disorder, perinatal mental health,
postpartum discharge transition, and sepsis.6 Hospitals
participating in AIM collect a series of process and structure measures,
which help the birthing facility monitor its implementation of these
bundles. Likewise, severe maternal morbidity (SMM) outcome data is
collected for these obstetric patient groups: all birth events, maternal
hemorrhage, severe hypertension/preeclampsia, cardiac conditions, and
perinatal mental health.
Recent IFS SC AIM Presentations
AcademyHealth - Prevalence and Disparities of Cardiac Conditions in Obstetric Care
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Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health - SFY 2024 Data Update
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2024 Poster Presentation for the American Public Health Association
(Philadelphia, PA)
The relationship between anemia and adverse
obstetrics and neonatal outcomes: Implications for policy and practice
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For more information on IFS data collection and reporting for SC AIM, please review the PDF or contact:
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Ana López- De Fede,
Ph.D. |
1https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-mortality/php/data-research/index.html
2https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison
3Funded
through the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, it is a program under the auspices of the Council
for Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care (for which the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is a
member).
4https://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Patient-Safety-and-Quality-Improvement/What-is-AIM
5https://safehealthcareforeverywoman.org/aim-program/
6https://saferbirth.org/patient-safety-bundles/