Committee on the Economic Impact of Poor Outcomes
Chair
--Robert Nerhood, MD, Chair, Dept. of OB-Gyn, Marshall University,
Huntington
Members
--Janet Graeber, MD, Associate Professor and Director of
Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, WVU SOM, Morgantown
--Stefan Maxwell, MD, Chief of Pediatrics and Director of Neonatal Intensive
Care Services, CAMC - Women and Children’s Hospital, Charleston
--Sandy Young, RN, Nurse Director, Women and Children’s Services, Thomas
Hospital, Charleston
--Ann Dacey, RN, WVU School of Medicine, Morgantown
--Kat Ambler, CNM, CAMC, Women's and Children's Hospital, Charleston
--David Chafin, MD, Professor and Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dept
of OB/GYN, MU, Huntington
Advisors
-- John Eckhart, Health Care Data Analyst; WV Health Care Authority
--Robin Ryder, Health Care Data Analyst; WV Health Care Authority
--Linda Sovine, MPH, FACHE, Director of Data Analysis, WV Health Care
Authority
--Jennings Starcher, Health Care Data Analyst; WV Health Care Authority
Staff
--Nancy Tolliver, RN, MSIR
--Calvin Kent, PhD, Vice President - Center for Business and Economic
Research, Marshall University
--Kent Sowards, PhD, Director, Data and Survey Services, Center for Business
and Economic Research, Marshall University
Volunteer to serve on this Committee
Quality Perinatal Care with Cost Containment
It
may seem counterintuitive to some, but better perinatal care costs less than
poor perinatal care. Studies suggest that if policies are implemented
to improve perinatal outcomes, West Virginia society's "bill" will be lower.
A discussion of the economic impact of poor outcomes and ways to address them
in West Virginia are discussed in both the
Blueprint to
Improve Perinatal Health in West Virginia (2006) and the
Reports on the Blueprint (2007).
