The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) is a national partnership of organizations poised to reduce severe maternal morbidity by 100,000 events and maternal mortality by 1,000 deaths by 2018. The AIM program is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resource Services Administration.
- AIM aligns national, state, and hospital level efforts to improve maternal health and safety
- AIM develops maternal safety bundles and promotes their implementation in all birth facilities to ensure consistent maternity care
- AIM Bundles:
- Obstetric Hemorrhage
- Severe Hypertension/Preeclampsia
- Maternal Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism
- Safe Reduction of Primary C/S | Support for Intended Vaginal Birth
- Reduction of Peripartum Racial Disparities
- Postpartum Care Basics for Maternal Safety
- Patient, Family, and Staff Support after a Severe Maternal Event
- AIM facilitates multidisciplinary and interagency collaboration between states and hospitals
- AIM supports harmonized data-driven continuous quality improvement processes
- AIM provides evidence-based implementation resources to streamline bundle implementation
Core AIM Partners Include:
- American College of Nurse Midwives
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
- ASTHO
- AWHONN
- California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
- HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau
- Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine
