Ensuring equal access to health care is crucial and hospitals strive to support women comprehensively before, during, and after their pregnancies. Because fostering a healthy pregnancy requires the collective efforts of the community, here are the collaborative initiatives and programs Maryland hospitals are involved in.

Maryland hospitals are placing a significant emphasis on collaborative efforts to counteract elevated maternal morbidity and mortality rates, as well as longstanding disparities by working with organizations like: 

The Maryland Patient Safety Center and the Maryland Hospital Association have partnered to create educational tools for non-obstetric providers to address the substantial disparity in maternal morbidity rate for Black birthing people in Maryland. This effort to help providers and patients recognize early warning signs and identify and mitigate their biases will amplify the implicit bias training and expansion of perinatal resources throughout the state.