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Clinton Presidential Records
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marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff.
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COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN MEDICALCENTER
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: MARY BETH EMERSON
(202) 293-2048
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN
INSTALLS 24-HOUR NEW PARENT HOTLINE
AS HILLARY SUGGESTS
Washington, D.C. -- August 28, 1996 -- As crowds cheered Hillary Rodham Clinton's
message at the Democratic National Convention, officials at Columbia Hospital for Women
Medical Center planned to initiate her suggestion of a 24-hour hotline for parents of new
babies. As the District of Columbia's largest provider of maternal and infant care -- and in
complete agreement with the first lady's proposal for a national 48-hour length of stay,
Columbia initiated the hotline in direct response to the first lady's speech and to provide a
continuum of care to new parents, many of whom leave the support of a hospital environment
after only 24 hours. The number will be given to new parents upon discharge.
The hotline is only one of many initiatives that Columbia has introduced over the
years, according to Susan M. Hansen, Columbia's President and Chief Executive Officer.
"All new parents take home a Columbia-produced videotape, with detailed information on
new-baby and new-parent care." Dr. Safa Rifka, President of the Medical Staff, adds that
"while in the hospital, new mothers are encouraged to attend breastfeeding classes and to visit
with nurses, nutritionists and social workers, and prior to the baby's birth, parents have access
to a wide range of childbirth and parenting classes."
"When we saw maternity stays shortening," says Doris Johnson, R.N., Columbia's
Vice President for Patient Care Services, "we knew we'd have to get more proactive for our
mothers before, and after the baby's birth. It is our responsibility." Columbia's Ambulatory
Care Center and Teen Health Center also operate telephone triage services, staffed by
midwifes, nurses and social workers. Health care professionals nationwide also have access to
up-to-date information on pregnancy and environmental factors through Columbia's
REPROTOX database.
Well over one-quarter of a million children have been born, and countless families
have been formed at Columbia since its founding 130 years ago. Columbia Hospital for
Women today offers life-long, comprehensive health care to women, specializing in fertility
and reproductive health, mid-life and later-life health, neonatology and breast health.
For more information, please call Mary Beth Emerson at (202) 293-2048.
CARING FOR WOMEN 6
2425 L STREET, NORTHWEST
TELEPHONE [202] 293-2048
INFANTS FOR 125 YEARS
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20037
FAX (202) 293-7256