What: Carolina Public Press has a deep dive on actually *solving* the “paradox of rural women’s health care” in North Carolina (and beyond), where rural hospitals say they can’t afford to deliver babies, but women need close locations for safe deliveries. They look at state regulations, including “levels of maternal care”, and simply gathering data on what maternal care is offered at hospitals throughout the state.

Key line: “State Rep. Julie von Haefen, D-Wake, said enhanced data collection on North Carolina’s hospitals could be the first step to solving the issue. ‘(DHHS) needs to have more data,’ von Haefen told CPP. ‘If we don’t know what’s happening, how can we figure out how to solve it? Increased data collection will help us figure out where to target our efforts.’

Source: Carolina Public Press