Rate of maternal morbidity sounds alarms.

PREMATURE infants; COMMUNITY health workers; LEGISLATIVE committees; PREGNANCY outcomes; PRENATAL care; PREGNANCY complications; FIRE detectors; ZIP codes

The article focuses on the alarming rise in severe maternal morbidity rates among patients hospitalized for delivery in Pennsylvania, as of October 2023. Topics discussed include a report from Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, senior vice president and chief clinical diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Highmark Health, on the death among African American women compared to white women and comments from Nicole Stallings of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP).