Commit to excellence in maternal and infant health
Expert guidance for health care facilities to integrate doula care with evidence-based practices while centering community health responsive initiatives
What is DFI?
The Doula Friendly Initiative (DFI) is a dynamic, nationwide initiative, centering the evidence-based best practice of promoting doula services. A facility that has become a Doula Friendly Designated Hospital™ incorporates doulas as an integral part of the healthcare team demonstrating your commitment to excellence in serving your community. Each Doula Friendly designated facility must meet several criteria of achievement spanning across categories including access, community engagement, marketing, training, and reporting.
Our team assists each facility in achieving all goals by completing a thorough assessment to personalize the steps that must be taken to earn your facilities designation. Each facility is well supported by experienced doulas to assist with policy development, distributing information, training initial staff, coordinating data needs, and more. The DFI promotes rigorous standards of care, to ensure all outcome methods established are achieved.
The DFI Value:
Show your commitment to maternal and infant health in your facility and your community while elevating your health care delivery
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Operationalize interdepartmental standards to streamline and integrate doula support, improving maternal and infant care delivery outcomes. Develop policies and procedures to adapt and create best practices for your health care facility to increase fidelity while managing efficiency and risk. Create the structure that will help your organization excel towards the new industry benchmarks in maternal and infant health.
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Optimize a value proposition that uniquely positions health care facilities to prioritize patient choice and satisfaction while utilizing evidence-based care models. Solidify your collaborative approach in a way that will translate to market advantage, prominence and patient preference. Lead the charge in earning the distinction of a facility that invests in advancing maternal-infant health in your community amid a global maternal health crisis.
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Designation garners inherent support with public health initiatives actively seeking to improve birth outcomes. Invest in integrating doula services and the evidence based care they provide to positively affect labor, birth, pain management, surgery, and immediate postpartum. Reaffirm your commitment to providing excellent care by increasing access and awareness of doulas as a valuable resource for your patients, increasing their chances of spontaneous delivery, decreasing primary cesarean rates, increasing infant APGAR scores, etc.
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Set your facility apart as one that fosters goodwill through transparency and informed policies that build the confidence and trust of your staff, community and prospective patients. Consistent strategies demonstrate your commitment to community health responsiveness and inclusive.
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Schedule your discovery session to discuss how DFI can create a strategic plan to bring harmony and innovation to doula care at your facility.
