Speaker: Dr. Vanita Jain Title: MFM Coding: Tips, Best practices, and Resources Recorded: October 2019

Description: Dr. Jain reviews 5 common mistakes and tips for the MFM practitioner, including best practices to ensure compliance.  Currently available MFM resources for coding will also be reviewed. 

Speakers: Dr. Anup Katheria

Recorded: February 2019

ACOG recommends delayed cord clamping in infants that do not need resuscitation. Join Dr. Katheria as he discusses important perinatal research surrounding umbilical cord milking as an alternative to delayed cord clamping as a means to provide additional blood to at risk premature babies without delaying neonatal resuscitative efforts. In this podcast, Dr. Katheria reviews results from a multi-national, randomized controlled non-inferiority trial comparing umbilical cord milking to delayed cord clamping in premature infants born between 23-31 weeks gestation. 

Speakers: Drs. Aleha Aziz and Alex Friedman Recorded: April 2019 Join Drs. Aleha Aziz and Alex Friedman as they discuss the findings from their study on racial disparities during postpartum readmissions in an interview by SMFM education committee member, Dr. John Byrne. The authors discuss the links between race and ethnicity with maternal morbidity and mortality postpartum in response to a call for action from ACOG/SMFM. Their findings from a national database highlight the importance of exploring future interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality for all women, but especially those in high risk groups. Additional information and resources:  1) View SMFM's position statement "Racial Disparities on Health Outcomes" here.  2) SMFM is a member of the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care. The Council has developed a bundle to reduce variation in care called, “Reduction of Peripartum Racial/Ethnic Disparities.” 3) From MedPage Today (February 15, 2019): Postpartum Readmissons: Racial Disparities Abound 4) Additional information can be found here regarding ACOG's toolkit on Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality. 

Join Drs. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, Allison Cahill, Lorraine Dugoff and Christopher Robinson​ as they discuss the SMFM abstract review process.

Join Dr. Lorie Harper, as she discusses her research on “Early gestational diabetes screening in obese women: a randomized controlled trial.”  In this podcast, she will examine the outcomes of early gestational diabetes screening versus routine gestational diabetes screening in pregnant obese women. 

Dr. Sindhu Srinivas, Chair of SMFM’s Health Policy & Advocacy Committee and Katie Schubert, SMFM’s Chief Advocacy Officer discuss SMFM’s policy and advocacy agenda and how SMFM members can get involved.

Join Dr. Jeffrey Kuller as he discusses the current evidence regarding diagnosis, evaluation, and management of mild fetal ventriculomegaly.

Join Dr. Eva Pressman as she discusses the current evidence regarding evaluation and management of polyhydramnios.

In this podcast, recent scientific data is reviewed exploring how the timing of amniotomy in term nulliparous labor induction impacts maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Join Drs. Christina Han and Neal Silverman as they discuss the current measles outbreak in the United States, how measles impacts pregnant and postpartum women, and what clinicians can do to help educate their patients about vaccine safety.​