MySwaddle, a digital maternal health platform, and Penfield Children’s Center, a Milwaukee-based child development organization, will appear together on Health Uncensored with Dr. Drew on Fox Business on Sunday, May 17, at 5:00 PM ET to discuss maternal health outcomes and the coordination of community services with digital health infrastructure.
Program Results in High-Risk Areas
The organizations operate the Growing Together program, which delivers group prenatal care to pregnant women across 12 high-risk ZIP codes in Milwaukee. Results from the program’s first year show significant improvements: 93% of Growing Together participants began prenatal care before 13 weeks gestation, compared to 53% in surrounding high-risk areas. Ninety-two percent delivered full-term babies. The program recorded zero cases of maternal or infant death in a ZIP code where the infant mortality rate stands at 29 per 1,000 live births.
National Health Crisis Context
The United States has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among high-income nations, a crisis that falls disproportionately on Medicaid populations and communities of color, according to the press release. Kate Grohall, President and Co-Founder of MySwaddle, stated that “Maternal health has been treated as a niche policy issue for too long. It is a public health emergency, and it is preventable.”
Platform Infrastructure and Expansion
MySwaddle’s platform is HITRUST Certified and aligned with CMS’s Transforming Maternal Health model across all three pillars: Access and Infrastructure, Quality and Safety, and Whole-Person Care. The platform is designed as a turnkey solution for health plans, hospital systems, and state Medicaid programs. MySwaddle is actively working with partners across Wisconsin and North Carolina. Penfield Children’s Center, which has been a leader in child development in Milwaukee for over 55 years, combines peer support, medical care, and education in its cohort-based model.
This article is an AI-assisted summary. All facts and figures are drawn from the original report: https://www.poteaudailynews.com/online_features/press_releases/myswaddle-and-penfield-childrens-center-take-milwaukees-maternal-health-story-to-a-national-stage/article_8220dcfb-3a7b-5f8b-98a6-2952ea09061e.html