Postpartum home visit definition

Postpartum home visit means a home visit to a woman and
Postpartum home visit means a home visit to a woman and infant, within the first seven days following delivery, by a licensed healthcare provider to ensure proper recovery from childbirth and includes, but is not limited to: a weight and health check of the newborn; an assessment of the physical wellness of the woman; breastfeeding support; assistance identifying and coping with postpartum depression or other behavioral health concerns; and any referrals for medically necessary follow–up healthcare.

Related to Postpartum home visit

  • Postpartum recovery means (a) the entire period a woman or

  • Skilled Nursing Facility means an institution or part thereof that is licensed as a Skilled Nursing Facility by the State of Florida, and is accredited as a Skilled Nursing Facility by The Joint Commission or recognized as a Skilled Nursing Facility by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States under Medicare.

  • Nursing home-type patients means a patient who has been in hospital more than 35 days, no longer requires acute hospital care, cannot live independently at home or be looked after at home, and either cannot be placed in a nursing home or a nursing home place is not available.

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or "CPR" means artificial ventilation or external chest compression applied to a person who is unresponsive and not breathing.

  • Medically fragile means the condition of a child who requires the availability of twenty-four-hour skilled care from a health care professional or specially trained staff or volunteers in a group care setting. These conditions may be present all the time or frequently occurring. If the technology, support and services being received by the medically fragile children are interrupted or denied, the child may, without immediate health care intervention, experience death.