Maternal Health Emergency Management Training (MHEMT)

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This opportunity, MHEMT, offers funding to a single entity to provide training development and targeted strategies to address gaps in workforce training and standardize care for healthcare providers in non-delivery and/or low-resource clinical settings, such as first responders, emergency departments, Critical Access Hospitals, and Federally Qualified Health Centers.

The program will support the development and national dissemination of 2 initiatives.

• Initiative 1: A standardized, interdisciplinary training program on maternal health emergencies and early warning signs and screening for pregnant and postpartum women.
  • Enhance workforce capacity by developing or expanding a standardized national emergency maternal health training
  • The training should provide Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Education Units (CME/CEU) credits for interdisciplinary providers who support pregnant and postpartum women, including, but not limited to, emergency clinicians, first responders, nurses, advanced practice providers, and physicians
• Initiative 2: Practical, targeted implementation strategies that translate existing AIM Patient Safety Bundles and resource kits into actionable approaches for non-delivery and/or low-resource clinical settings. These strategies will support:
  • Initial management of the medical emergency or condition
  • Appropriate referral or transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients experiencing maternal health emergencies

Both initiatives will address the leading causes of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality.

All domestic public or private, nonprofit, and for-profit, entities that are capable of carrying out data-driven maternal safety and quality improvement initiatives in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology or maternal health are eligible to apply.

Award ceiling: $3,000,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 1

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.