May 2019

Mayday Series: 1D ~ Hospital Economics: the Big Blue Elephant in the labor room that is wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths

by faithgibson May 2, 2019

1700 words  The Big Blue Elephant in the Room: the hospital economics of c-EFM and the unproductive expenses billed to health insurance carriers and the federal Medicaid program The question here is pretty simple: Are state, county and federal governments, other 3rd party payers (insurance companies) and those who must pay out-of-pocket are getting an […]

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Mayday 1C: Auscultation ~ traditional & scientifically-validated way to listen to FHR

by faithgibson May 1, 2019

Auscultation (also known as hands-on listening) is a non-continuous method used since the early 20th century to monitor fetal well-being (i.e. the verb, not the machine) during active labor. A physician, midwife or L&D nurse uses a fetoscope or hand-held Doppler to regularly listens to the fetal heart rate and rhythm and record the information on the […]

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Mayday Series: 1B ~ Ethical Contradictions for EFM manufacturers, hospitals and obstetrical staff

by faithgibson May 1, 2019

  There is an ethical contradiction inherent in the current practice of obstetrics in the United States, a unique ethical dilemma that affects all Americans. It concerns all of us, even if we, or one of our own family members, is not expecting a baby any time soon. But first, what we are & what we are NOT […]

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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! 1A ~ Calling on Americans to fix a problem wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths ~ Chapter 1A

by faithgibson May 1, 2019

Editor’s Note: To makes these essays easier to read, I divided the longer ones into parts A, B, C & sometimes D. There are a total 13 posts. At the very end of the Mayday series, I provided links to a series of 8 scientific references and science-based editorials used in writing factual account. Easy […]

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