AAFP, Others Urge Hospitals to Stop Early Elective Deliveries

The AAFP, along with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and several other medical associations, sent a letter on May 1 to 3,100-plus hospitals that provide maternity care, urging them to help eliminate nonmedically indicated deliveries before 39 weeks' gestation. According to AAFP EVP Douglas Henley, M.D., the Academy and its partners sent the letter to advance HHS' Strong Start Initiative by asking the hospitals to work to reduce the rate of elective deliveries performed before 39 weeks' gestation to less than 5 percent. Strong Start, said Henley, represents an extension of two of the recommendations the AAFP and ACOG made in the most recent list released as part of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation's Choosing Wisely campaign.
Source: AAFP Health of the Public - Category: Primary Care Source Type: news