In Part 1 of this two-part series on vulnerable populations, guest speaker Kara James—Nurse Practitioner with Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles—talks about the increase in maternal morbidity the U.S. is seeing, its impact specifically on BIPOC communities, and what we can all be doing to better support all mothers and their babies for healthier beginnings for all.    *Correction: It should be 50K women experience life-threatening postpartum complications, not 500K.*

Improving Palliative Care

A monthly podcast aimed at addressing gaps in healthcare for our nation’s most vulnerable patients. Caring as Communities interviews healthcare leaders across the country to discuss what care teams, communities, and government agencies are doing to better support individuals with unique care needs—including mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder, social determinants of health, and other complexities of care.&nbsp;