When updated guidelines for prenatal care were released for the first time in nearly a century earlier this year, they arose from more than the consensus committee sifting through the most current ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is recommending “a paradigm shift” to prenatal care, opting for a more personalized and tailored approach to improve access and outcomes. Five ...

Women who attend prenatal care visits in groups are more likely to continue with their care and have better health outcomes at birth and beyond, according to a University of Michigan study. The study ...

Personalized Medicine. 2013;10(3):307-318. The product and approach we describe in this report had its genesis in programmatic efforts at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACOG updated its prenatal care guidance to emphasize a more patient-centered approach. The guidance recommends ...

Come January, pregnancy care physician billing codes will change from a bundled system to an à la carte one.

Previously, early pregnancy care was provided through separate appointments for ultrasound, risk assessment and patient education. This new integrated approach allows patients who are under 14 weeks ...

Your first prenatal care visit takes place when you are 8–10 weeks pregnant. This initial visit typically takes 40 minutes. You will see either a midwife or women’s health nurse practitioner during ...

Most pregnant people are in regular touch with their maternity care providers over the course of nine months, with ever-more-frequent visits, tests, and scans as their due date nears. For many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. Pregnancy care in the United States consists of prenatal ...

Some women rush to their doctor just days after getting a positive pregnant test, but Dr. L. Joy Baker said she often sees patients for the first time just weeks or even days before they give birth.

ANN ARBOR—Women who attend prenatal care visits in groups are more likely to continue with their care and have better health outcomes at birth and beyond, according to a University of Michigan study.