Support for Birthing People with Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
The WSMA endorse statewide and national implementation of the COMPASSION
5-day stay where birthing people with substance use disorder at the time
of delivery can engage in the extended postpartum floor hospital care to
receive integrated, patient-centered comprehensive service tailored to
support whole person health for the birthing parent, newborn and the
family unit; a model with demonstrated ability to reduce maternal overdose
deaths and improve quality of life and parenting.(C-23, A-24)
The WSMA will ask the American Medical Association to endorse and advocate
for the expansion of COMPASSION 5-day postpartum floor model, where
birthing people who use drugs can receive medications to treat opioid use
disorder (MOUD), can receive overdose education, prevention and harm
reduction and receive a warm hand-off to longitudinal community-based
access to ongoing comprehensive postpartum care, a model with demonstrated
ability to reduce overdose deaths and improve quality of life. (C-23,
A-24)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services