ICYMI: Achieving Birthing-Friendly Status in Rural Hospitals

In case you missed it, the Rural Health Information Hub provides a transcript and recording of the hour-long March 12 webinar discussing maternity care improvements rural hospitals must make to earn the Birthing-Friendly designation from CMS.

Read the full article here.

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