May 2008, New Orleans, LA Key Issue: Continuing to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other women's health professionals. Booth staffed by Lorrie Kline Kaplan, ACNM Executive Director; Elaine Germano, CNM, ACNM Education Projects Manager; Rebecca Jacob Fellenbaum, ACNM Communications Manager
January 2008, Phoenix, AZ Key Issues: Evaluation of the Phoenix Indian Medical Center and the CNM role there; and ACNM’s potential role in assisting the IHS/tribal nurse-midwives. Attended by Marilyn Pierce-Bulger, CNM
ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Bi-annual Meeting
March 2008, Washington, DC Key Issues: Patient safety and quality improvement in maternal and child health care. Attended by Rima Jolivet, CNM
October 2007, Chicago, IL Key Issue: Continuing to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with family physicians. Booth staffed by Carrie Klima, CNM; Jan Ferguson, CNM; Sandie Mulcrone, CNM; Nancy Fleming, CNM; Darryn Dunbar, CNM; Lisa Summers, CNM (former ACNM Director of Professional Services); Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, ACNM Professional Services Consultant.
May 2008, Washington, DC Key Issues: Educating legislators and staff about the role ACNM member midwives play in expanding and preserving health care access; and providing information on legislative and regulatory issues of concern in the various states, especially efforts to reduce or eliminate barriers to practice. Attended by Joanna M. King, Esq., ACNM State Policy Analyst
May 2008, Washington, DC Key Issues: pediatric triage; hospital preparedness; and ensuring preparedness among child care providers. Attended by Robbie Prepas, CNM, Chair, ACNM Disaster Preparedness Ad Hoc Committee
June 2008, Los Angeles, CA Key Issues: CNMs/CMs work closely with members of AWHONN, and many ACNM members began their careers as L&D nurses. Booth staffed by Lorrie Kline Kaplan, ACNM Executive Director; Leslie Ludka, CNM, ACNM Senior Technical Advisor; and Rebecca Jacob Fellenbaum, ACNM Communications Manager.
Key Issue:The Birth Survey, which allows women from all over the country to go online and rate their OB providers' care in tems of a multitude of parameters.
Attended: Mairi Breen Rothman, ACNM Professional Services Consultant
April 2007, Washington, DC Key Issue: Women’s health organizations and other organizations with an interest in women’s health gathered to share information about how they communicate health messages to their constituencies. Attended by Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, ACNM Professional Services Consultant
April 2008, Fort Worth, TX Key Issues: Health equity/disparities; developmental stages, life stages and health; environment and determinants of health. Attended by Mary C. Brucker, CNM; Leslie Cragin, CNM; Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, ACNM Professional Services Consultant
Key Issues: Issues impact the many ACNM members who work with indigenous populations. For example, many ACNM members work with: Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians & Native American Indians, and midwives provide care to more Native Americans than any other population.
Attended by Leslie Ludka, CNM, ACNM Senior Technical Advisor
May 2008, Glasgow, Scotland The ICM Council Meeting was attended by 138 delegates from 75 midwifery professional associations from 65 countries worldwide. Key Issues: Consideration of new ICM vision and mission statements, governance structure including voting for board members, strategic planning and prioritization of goals for the next triennium, selection of the host association for 2014, and consideration of over 25 new or revised position statements. The ICM Triennial Congress was attended by more than 3,400 midwives from over 90 countries. There were over 80 exhibitors, including ACNM, and 140 educational sessions with presenters from just about every continent. Guest speakers included Princess Anne, patron of the Royal College of Midwives; Princess Muni of Jordan; and Sarah Brown, wife of the Prime Minister of the UK. Attended by Kitty Ernst, CNM, ACNM Board President; Katherine Camacho Carr, CNM; Joyce Thompson, CNM; Lorrie Kline Kaplan, ACNM Executive Director; Rebecca Jacob Fellenbaum, ACNM Communications Manager; and over 175 ACNM members!
May 2008, Washington, DC Key Issues: The Rand Corporation is developing the COMPARE Initiative which will provide an ongoing evaluation of the effects of health policy changes on multiple dimensions. It will develop models to estimate changes on spending, health, and consumer financial risk that would occur over the next 20 years and compare that to the status quo in policy. Guest Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth McGlynn, Assistant Director, RAND Health and Distinguished Chair in Health Quality; Dr Douglas Holtz Eakin, Sr. Policy Advisor, Presidential Campaign of Senator John McCain. Attended by Marion McCartney, CNM
July 2007 - May 2008 Key Issues: Civil liability and worker’s compensation and its importance in incentivizing and attracting the best trained, vetted and organized health volunteers. Attended by Mary Curran, CNM; Joanna King, Esq., ACNM State Policy Analyst
July 2008, New Orleans, LA Key Issues: Educating legislators and staff about the role ACNM member midwives play in expanding and preserving health care access; and providing information on legislative and regulatory issues of concern in the various states, especially efforts to reduce or eliminate barriers to practice. Booth staffed by Joanna M. King, Esq., ACNM State Policy Analyst; Meaghan Airel, ACNM Membership Coordinator
April 2008, Bethesda, MD Key Issue: The NICHD 1996 consensus conference resulted in a publication that defined terms for specific FHR patterns. This document was revised and will be published in the Sept/Oct issue of the Green Journal and JOGNN. CNMs will want to follow these updated recommended management suggestions. Attended by Tekoa King, CNM, Deputy Editor of the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
Key Issue: Recently passed legislation which commanded the Surgeon General to gather experts to advise him on strategies for stopping the rapid rise in the rate of premature births in the U.S.
Attended by Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, ACNM Professional Services Consultant
