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Working group to convene CNMs and hospital providers to improve transfer communication
Summary
The group scheduled an April meeting with CNMs and a May roundtable with hospital providers to address transfer coordination; participants debated whether OBs, administrators and pediatrics should attend together or in separate sessions and stressed hospital leadership’s role in enabling smoother transfers.
The working group discussed logistics and goals for two upcoming sessions intended to improve coordination between community midwives and hospital providers. Members proposed an April meeting focused on certified nurse‑midwives (CNMs) to hear clinical perspectives on transfers and a broader May roundtable inviting hospital OBs, nursing leadership, pediatricians and administrators.
Participants cautioned that hospitals vary in how they admit or receive community births and that hospital leadership and OBs sometimes operate separately; one participant urged including hospital administration because administrators control access and policies that affect whether midwives can enter hospital spaces or how transfers are routed. Dr. Liles (identified in the meeting as a participant) suggested separating OBs and pediatrics because they have different needs; others recommended including administrators with OBs so hospitals understand both clinical and operational requirements.
The group agreed to reach out to CNMs on the working group roster and to invite additional CNMs and hospital clinicians for the April and May sessions. The stated goal is to foster clearer transfer expectations and reduce adversarial reception during transfers by improving mutual understanding of what community midwives bring to hospital teams.
Next steps: Dante will contact CNMs on the roster; the working group will identify hospital contacts and consider running separate sessions for OBs and pediatric providers to address discipline‑specific issues.
