California

Updated: June 2026

  • Name of MHI Grantee Site: The Leland Stanford Junior University
  • State: California
  • Organization Type: Title V, Academic Institution, Perinatal Quality Collaborative
  • HRSA Grant Service Areas/Priorities: Urban, Rural, Tribal
  • MHI Key Contact: Jeffrey Gould
  • MHI Key Contact Email: jbgould@stanford.edu
  • MHI Grantee/Taskforce Website: camaternalhealth.org

Current Innovations:

Innovation Description

Category Topic(s)

Collaborating with key State stakeholders to release a report on the Birthing Care Pathway.

Community Engagement – Community Led & Culturally Rooted Approaches

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Public Dashboards & Scorecards

Leading the project on the Community Impact Assessment Tool to inform methods and approach to addressing birthing service closures.

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Non-Medical Health Data Collection

Preconception Risk Medical Assessment (PreMA) launch.

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – SMM Surveillance & Reporting

AIM Bundle Implementation: Reducing NTSV Cesarean Births.

Direct Clinical Care – AIM Patient Safety Bundles & QI Initiatives

Community Birth Partnership Initiative (CPBI), which focuses on Team-based Care, Midwives, Doulas and Respectful and Safe Transfer of Community Births.

Workforce Training – Community-Based Care, Doulas, & CHWs

Direct Clinical Care – Care Coordination

Analyzing birthing services/hospital closures.

Community Engagement – Rural Engagement

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Data Infrastructure & Linkages

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Mixed-Methods Data

Innovation Awards to invest in community.

Workforce Training – General Workforce Development

Community Engagement – Community Grants

Direct Clinical Care – Care Coordination

Expanded Systems Dynamic (SD) Modeling.

Direct Clinical Care – Integrated Care Models

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Data Access, Sharing, & Governance

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Data Infrastructure & Linkages

Resources

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