UAMS Implements Statewide Initiative to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

By Linda Satter

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is implementing a statewide initiative to help decrease unintended or closely spaced pregnancies.

The Arkansas Immediate Postpartum Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive (LRAC) Initiative is a UAMS-led effort to provide training and support for administrators, clinical providers and billing personnel at delivering hospitals across Arkansas so they can begin offering long-acting reversible contraceptives in the immediate postpartum period and obtain reimbursement.

Intrauterine devices and birth-control implants are highly effective in preventing pregnancy, without element of user error and last for three to eight years depending on device. They can also easily be removed at any time if a woman wants to become pregnant.

UAMS Implements Statewide Initiative to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies