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It’s all
about baby
AROUND 800 BABIES
enter
the world every year at Archbold.
And from the very beginning of
a new baby’s life, the hospital’s
priority is to provide a nurturing
and family-focused environment.
For the past several months,
physicians and staff at Archbold’s
Maternity Center have focused
on developing a “family-centered
care” model (also known as cou-
plet care) and implementing evi-
dence-based best practices that
are considered essential elements
for optimal maternity care.
For years, it was standard
practice at hospitals across the
country for mothers to recover in
a hospital room after birth, while
their baby was cared for sepa-
rately by a different nurse in the
hospital nursery.
ARCHBOLD
INTRODUCES
NEW MATERNITY
CARE MODEL
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