Programs
Regional Perinatal System (RPS) and its associated programs are dedicated
to optimizing quality perinatal care for mothers and newborns in San
Diego and Imperial Counties. RPS and its programs are supported in
part through contracts with the State of California, Department of
Health Services, MCH Branch with Federal Title V Funds, Proposition
10 (tax on tobacco products), and grants from the March of Dimes.
The goals of the programs include:
- To have an integrated perinatal regional system promoting high
quality, risk appropriate care.
- To assist in the quality improvement of regional maternal and
neonatal care in an effort to reduce mortality and morbidity.
- To improve pregnancy outcomes for women who have overt or gestational
diabetes.
- To centralize production and distribution of California Diabetes
and Pregnancy Program (CDAPP) materials.
- To maintain a CDAPP statewide database for the purpose of program
evaluation.
- To maintain a 24-hour a-day year-round dispatch center linking
all hospitals providing obstetrical services with neonatal intensive
care units.
- To increase screening for and awareness of risk factors and
warning signs for premature labor and high-risk pregnancy complications.
- To improve delivery of high quality seamless health care to
pregnant women by enhancing access to critical prenatal medical
information.
- To distribute San Diego County's entire allocation of the Kit
for New Parents which are designed to provide information and
resources for new parents to help them raise children who are
healthy, learning, and ready for school.
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