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The Florida Maternal Mortality Review Committee (Florida MMRC),formerly known as the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR), first convened in 1996. The committee currently has 25 members, meets quarterly, and reviews all pregnancy-related cases as well as a sample of pregnancy-associated cases. In 2020, cases from 2019 were reviewed. Florida had 220,010 live births and 43 pregnancy-related deaths. The Florida MMRC mission is to increase awareness of the issues surrounding pregnancy-related deaths and to promote change among individuals, communities, and health care systems in order to reduce the number of deaths.
Contacts
Primary
Name
Angela Thompson
Credentials
BSN, RN
Title
PAMR Coordinator
Affiliation
Florida Department of Health
MMRC Role
Coordinator
Phone
850-558-9686
Secondary
Name
Vera Beloshitzkaya
Credentials
PhD
Title
Maternal and Child Health Program Administrator
Affiliation
Florida Department of Health
MMRC Role
State Agency Leadership
Epidemiologist/Data Analyst
Phone
850-558-9667
Secondary
Name
Shay Chapman
Credentials
MBA, BSN, RN
Title
Deputy Director, Division of Community Health Promotion
Affiliation
Florida Department of Health
MMRC Role
Chair or Co-Chair
State Agency Leadership
Sources of Funding
ERASE MM
Yes
STATE MATERNAL HEALTH INNOVATION
No
TITLE V MCH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Yes
STATE BUDGET
Yes
Scope of cases reviewed
All deaths during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy from a pregnancy complication, a chain of events initiated by pregnancy, or the aggravation of an unrelated condition by the physiologic effects of pregnancy, and not intentional or unintentional injury
A sample of deaths caused by intentional or unintentional injury
Individuals, Disciplines, and Organizations Represented on Review
| Organizations | Core Disciplines | Specialty Disciplines |
|---|---|---|
|
Academic Institutions
FIMR/CDR Programs
Healthy Start Agencies
Professional Assoc. State Chapters
State Title V Program
|
Community Advocates
Maternal Fetal Medicine/Perinatology
Nurse Midwifery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Perinatal Nursing
Psychiatry
Public Health
Social Work
|
Addiction Counseling
Cardiology
Emergency Response
Epidemiology
Mental Health Provider
Public Health Nursing
|
State Materials
2018
The Urgent Maternal Mortality Message to Providers are timely messages to support initiatives related to preventing maternal deaths in Florida. The messages are developed by the PAMR action subcommittee and are guided by the professional recommendations from the quarterly, statewide Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR).
2018
The Urgent Maternal Mortality Message to Providers are timely messages to support initiatives related to preventing maternal deaths in Florida. The messages are developed by the PAMR action subcommittee and are guided by the professional recommendations from the quarterly, statewide Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR).
2018
The Urgent Maternal Mortality Message to Providers are timely messages to support initiatives related to preventing maternal deaths in Florida. The messages are developed by the PAMR action subcommittee and are guided by the professional recommendations from the quarterly, statewide Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR).
2018
The Florida PAMR 2016data update report provides an overview and comparisons of PRD data and trends for Florida between the years 2006 and 2016. Distributions of PRDs are shown by race/ethnicity, age, BMI, timing of deaths, pregnancy outcome, type of delivery and cause of death, and, when applicable, pregnancy-related mortality ratios (PRMRs).
2017
The Florida PAMR 2015 data update report provides an overview and comparisons of PRD data and trends for Florida between the years 2006 and 2015. Distributions of PRDs are shown by race/ethnicity, age, BMI, timing of deaths, pregnancy outcome, type of delivery and cause of death, and, when applicable, pregnancy-related mortality ratios (PRMRs).
2016
The Florida PAMR 2014 data update report provides an overview and comparisons of PRD data and trends for Florida between the years 2005 and 2014. Distributions of PRDs are shown by race/ethnicity, age, BMI, timing of deaths, pregnancy outcome, type of delivery and cause of death, and, when applicable, pregnancy-related mortality ratios (PRMRs).
2016
This brief provides an overview of pregnancy related deaths (PRDs) due to infections in Florida from 2005 to 2014, and includes evidence-based recommendations intended to reduce the risk of maternal death due to infections.