WY MMRC Report 2018-2020 Released
The Wyoming Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) has released their MMRC report for the years 2018 to 2020, along with recommendations from the report. To see the report, click here. To see the recommendations, click here.
In 2019, the Utah Department of Health and the Wyoming Department of Health partnered on a successful cross-state application for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality (ERASE MM) funding. The funding established a cross-state maternal mortality review committee in 2020, with the first Wyoming maternal deaths reviewed in 2021. Wyoming representatives attend quarterly committee meetings to review maternal deaths from Utah and Wyoming. The committee reviews all pregnancy associated deaths.
The CDC defines a MMRC as a multidisciplinary committee that convenes at the state level to comprehensively review deaths of women during or within a year of pregnancy. This committee uses clinical and non-clinical information to better understand the woman’s death and generate recommendations for action to prevent similar deaths in the future.
To learn more about the Utah Perinatal/Maternal Mortality Review Committee, click here.
For more information, contact Women and Infant Health Program Manager Kelly Belz at kelly.belz@wyo.gov.