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🎉 Birth Detroit, Henry Ford Hospital, and Birth Center Week 2024


Join the conversation on building collaborative care for safe community birth! In celebration of Birth Center Week 2024, Step Up Together partnered with Birth Center Equity, Birth Detroit and Henry Ford Health to explore how interprofessional drills can strengthen communication and preparedness between community birth centers and hospitals. Read key takeaways from the webinar and discover strategies to foster seamless, respectful birth care for all communities.

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Amy’s on ACOG’s AIM for Better Birth Podcast!


Discover new tools and insights for improving perinatal safety! In this post, Amy shares her contributions to ACOG’s new AIM Community Birth Transfer Resource Kit and discusses the importance of quality improvement and collaboration in community birth on the AIM for Safer Birth podcast. Explore key takeaways and learn how Step Up Together can help advance safety in your care setting.

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Rural Emergency Preparedness: A Success Story at Cocoon Wellness and Birth Center


Access to maternal health in the U.S. is becoming increasingly challenging. With the closure of obstetrics units in hospitals and resulting  expansion of maternity deserts, the need for high-quality rural obstetric providers has never been more critical. Birth centers and midwives are an essential part of this solution, and the story of Cocoon Wellness and

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Celebrating Success: Step Up Together’s First Action Collaborative for Birth Centers and Hospital Partners


In May 2024, the Step Up Together team at Primary Maternity Care (PMC) celebrated a significant milestone—the completion of our first Action Collaborative focused specifically on birth centers and their hospital partners. We’re thrilled to share that it was a resounding success!This collaborative effort adds  to Step Up Together’s growing  curriculum of programs aimed at

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