Integrating CenteringPregnancy with traditional care
Jan 11, 2017 12:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by John Craine on Jan 11, 2017 12:15:52 GMT -5
Here is an innovative approach to Centering from Palmetto Health in South Carolina -
We no longer offer traditional prenatal care or CenteringPregnancy prenatal care. We have incorporated CenteringPregnancy within our traditional care effective January 2017. All eligible patients will be placed in a Centering group. These patients will have their first OB appointment with a physician followed by two Centering sessions. At approximately 20-24 weeks they will be offered an appointment with a physician in addition to their Centering session or they may opt to not have a mid-pregnancy physician appointment. Three Centering session will follow with again a physician appointment third trimester at approximately 30-32 weeks followed by three more Centering sessions. We theorize that this will please the patients and physicians within the group as well as allow for us to co-manage higher risk patients within Centering, thereby, normalizing their pregnancy.
We no longer offer traditional prenatal care or CenteringPregnancy prenatal care. We have incorporated CenteringPregnancy within our traditional care effective January 2017. All eligible patients will be placed in a Centering group. These patients will have their first OB appointment with a physician followed by two Centering sessions. At approximately 20-24 weeks they will be offered an appointment with a physician in addition to their Centering session or they may opt to not have a mid-pregnancy physician appointment. Three Centering session will follow with again a physician appointment third trimester at approximately 30-32 weeks followed by three more Centering sessions. We theorize that this will please the patients and physicians within the group as well as allow for us to co-manage higher risk patients within Centering, thereby, normalizing their pregnancy.
