Robin Perry, MD, MSEd, FACOG

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

United States has the highest maternal mortality ratio in the developed world with Black mothers 3-4 times more likely to die in childbirth. A woman’s risk of mortality is associated with patient factors especially presence of chronic conditions compounded by social determinants of health; community-public health factors like access to care, lack of management/care coordination between providers and organizations; provider factors like deficits in pregnancy-specific knowledge and communication; facility factors with protocols and safety bundles adoption; and systems of care factors to ensure…