New Mexico

Updated: June 2026

  • Name of MHI Grantee Site: New Mexico Department of Health
  • State: New Mexico
  • Organization Type: Health Department
  • HRSA Grant Service Areas/Priorities: Rural, Tribal
  • MHI Key Contact: Eirian Coronado
  • MHI Key Contact Email: eirian.coronado@doh.nm.gov
  • MHI Grantee/Taskforce Website: nmmaternalchildhealth.org/mhtf

Current Innovations:

Innovation Description

Category Topic(s)

Tribal Epidemiology Center (TEC) participation in MMRC case abstraction.

Community Engagement – Tribal & Indigenous Engagement

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – SMM Surveillance & Reporting

Prenatal and postpartum midwifery services in rural public health office or primary care settings.

Community Engagement – Rural Engagement

Direct Clinical Care – Care Coordination

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

Facility-level dashboards to support hospital quality improvement.

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Public Dashboards & Scorecards

Maternal health workforce burnout prevention training.

Workforce Training – General Workforce Development

Training on domestic violence and trauma-informed care.

Workforce Training – General Workforce Development

Enabled Medicaid doula billing.

Workforce Training – Maternal Health Policy Advancements

REDCap credentialing system within NMDOH for doula certification.

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Non-Medical Health Data Collection

Public-facing SMM queries using NM Indicator-Based Information System (IBIS).

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – SMM Surveillance & Reporting

Evaluation and Communications of the Postpartum Medicaid Benefit Extension.

Community Engagement – Patient Education & Engagement

Community Engagement – Community Grants

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Data Infrastructure & Linkages

Birthing Friendly Hospital Designation Improvements.

Community Engagement – Advisory Groups & Listening Sessions

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Mixed-Methods Data

Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Non-Medical Health Data Collection

Resources

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