Highland Hospital Earns Recognition For Childbirth

OAKLAND, CA — Highland Hospital has made the C-section Honor Roll as a facility that has successfully reduced the number of cesarean births for the third straight year, Alameda Health System announced.

The Department of Health and Human Services set a Healthy People 2020 target for reducing the number of C-section births nationwide to 23.9 percent for low-risk, first-birth deliveries; Smart Care California, a public-private partnership working to promote safe, affordable health care in California, followed suit.

"We are proud to be on the C-section honor roll three years in a row, reducing disparities in maternal health is one of our top priorities," said Dr. Sophie Shabel, interim chair, department of obstetrics and gynecology, AHS-Highland Hospital. "Being a World Health Organization designated Baby Friendly Hospital, offering Centering Pregnancy group prenatal care, and ensuring we adhere to best practices around cesarean deliveries are some of the many interventions we have in place to ensure that our Moms and babies get the best care possible."

Alameda Health System reports that complications from unnecessary C-sections include higher rates of maternal death, hemorrhage, infections and blood clots. For babies, problems can include higher rates of infection, respiratory complications, and neonatal intensive care unit stays.

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