Community-based efforts to prevent sepsis around childbirth
EnCoRe MOMS: Engaging Communities to Reduce Morbidity from Maternal Sepsis
This project will use community-designed hospital care bundles and electronic health record tools to help pregnant and recently postpartum people avoid sepsis.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Columbia University Health Sciences NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11190806 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You and your community will help design a sepsis care bundle that hospitals can use during labor, birth, and the postpartum period. The team will build tools from electronic health record data and neighborhood information to better predict sepsis risk around delivery. They will pilot the bundle in four New York City hospitals and collect feedback through co-design sessions and interviews. A Community Organized Leadership Advisory Board will guide the work to make sure solutions fit local needs.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Pregnant people and those in the weeks after childbirth receiving care at the participating New York City hospitals, especially those with higher infection risk or unmet social needs, would be ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who receive care outside the participating hospitals or regions, or those not included in the pilot, may not see direct benefits during this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could reduce maternal sepsis, catch infections earlier, and improve postpartum support for new parents.
How similar studies have performed: Sepsis bundles and EHR-based risk tools have shown benefit in other clinical areas, but community-designed obstetric sepsis bundles and postpartum-focused prediction approaches are relatively new.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- Columbia University Health Sciences — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Goffman, Dena — Columbia University Health Sciences
- Study coordinator: Goffman, Dena
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.