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Bill would let New Hampshire hospitals file fetal death reports electronically, division says
Summary
The state registrar and DHHS officials told the Senate committee that allowing hospitals to enter fetal death reports electronically would speed filing, improve security and let the Division of Vital Records generate burial transit permits and certificates of stillbirth from its database.
Kristen Martino, registrar and director of Vital Records, testified in support of Senate Bill 189, which she described as modernizing the state’s fetal-death recording process by allowing hospitals and birthing centers that already file births electronically to also file fetal-death records through the state’s electronic vital records system (Nevron/NEVRON Plus).
Martino explained that fetal death, commonly understood as stillbirth, is reportable under the national standard used by states and by New Hampshire; states report fetal deaths meeting the threshold of 20 weeks’ gestation or 350 grams to the…
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