S2 Ep 21: Using Tech to Overcome Inequity in Maternal Healthcare with Mary Fleming, MD, MPH, FACOG (Part 2)

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“Health equity is everywhere. It's not confined to a clinical space, it’s not confined to the hospital or the office, or to healthcare, or big healthcare agencies. Everything that we do can affect our health.” — Mary Fleming

In Using Tech to Overcome Inequity in Maternal Healthcare (Part 2), we continue our discussion with Dr. Mary E. Fleming, the Co-Founder and Senior Vice President for Health Equity of Cayaba Care, the president of The Reede Scholars Inc, and a qualified OBGYN. We discuss the state of postpartum care in our country and the need to prioritize maternal health, not just infant care. We discuss the harmful narratives affecting the care of women of color, Cayaba Care's efforts to challenge them, and how we too can advocate for equity.

Join us for this insightful conversation on how organizations and individuals can invest in postpartum care and health equity!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Key factors in the lack of research and development on the part of the US health care industry in the area of postpartum.

• What it would look like to focus on maternal health as much as we do the care of the child.

• Policies that advocates and individuals can support to boost the quality of care and access to postpartum care.

• Some of the harmful and dominant narratives that affect the care and postpartum care of women of color.

• Insight into how Cayaba Care is actively working to debunk these harmful narratives.

• How Cayaba Care doesn’t just empower the people they serve but also the people they employ.

• The barriers that Cayaba Care faced in raising the $12 million in investment funding it secured in 2022 and how Mary envisions the next raise.

• How organizations and individuals can invest in postpartum care and health equity.

• Three go-to resources that Mary recommends.

• Insight into the work of The Reede Scholars Inc.

• How Mary is trying to show up as her best self every day to continue using her power to make a difference.

• The role of mentorship in Mary’s life and how she supports others.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Follow Mary Fleming:

LinkedIn: Dr. Mary E. Fleming

Cayaba Care

LinkedIn: Cayaba Care

Instagram: Cayaba Care

The Reede Scholars Inc.

Facebook: The Reede Scholars

Instagram: The Reede Scholars

The Commonwealth Fund

SisterSong

Student National Medical Association

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