There are six key decisions that maternal mortality review committees make for each death reviewed:
- Was the death pregnancy-related?
- What was the cause of death?
- Was the death preventable?
- What were the critical contributing factors to the death?
- What are the recommendations and actions that address those contributing factors?
- What is the anticipated impact of those actions if implemented?
If available, the following additional information should be captured and included in case presentations to prompt reflection on these influences:
- Did obesity contribute to the death?
- Did discrimination contribute to the death?
- Did mental health conditions contribute to the death?
- Did substance use disorder contribute to the death?
- Was the death a suicide?
- Was the death a homicide?
- If this death was a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, list the means of fatal injury.
- If this death was a homicide, what was the relationship of the perpetrator to the decedent?
The Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA) is a comprehensive database that provides for standardized documentation of committee decisions. The MMRIA Committee Decisions Form may be printed and distributed with case review materials to facilitate committee discussion. (Note: updated v.22 form now replaces v.21 form)
Year of publication and/or last update:
2022
Contact name:
Julie Zaharatos
Contact email:
mmriasupport@cdc.gov
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