Abstract

Milbank Report Proposes Framework for Evidence-Based Maternity Care and Policy Recommendations for Improvement A new Milbank Report focuses on the potential to greatly improve maternity care in the United States through greater ¢delity to evidence-based practice (Sakala & Corry, 2008). The report, authored by Carol Sakala and Maureen Corry, was developed collaboratively by Childbirth Connection and the Milbank Memorial Fund along with members of the Reforming States Group. Childbirth Connection is a national, not-for-pro¢t organization dedicated to improving the quality of maternity care through research, education, policy, and advocacy. The Reforming States Group is a voluntary coalition of government experts in health policy from all 50 states, with additional members from Australia, Canada, Scotland and the UK. The Milbank Memorial Fund, founded in 1905, is a national foundation that provides nonpartisan analysis of health policy issues to inform and support the work of private and public health policymakers.

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