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Maternal Mortality Review Committee reports decline in pregnancy‑related deaths in 2023; recommends investigating treatment access
Summary
The Maternal Mortality Review Committee presented its 2023 report, reporting 11 pregnancy‑associated deaths reviewed and five determined to be pregnancy‑related; the committee recommended a legislative inquiry into access to care for pregnant and postpartum women.
The Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), an advisory committee to the Idaho Board of Medicine, presented its 2023 maternal mortality report to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
Oren Duffin, program director for the Health Professions Bureau in the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses and executive officer for the MMRC, told the committee that the MMRC received 13 cases for investigation for calendar year 2023 and that 11 met the committee's criteria for review (death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy). Of those 11 pregnancy‑associated deaths, the MMRC determined five were pregnancy‑related and six were…
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