Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating whether hospitals used obstetric hemorrhage and postpartum risk assessment tools that included race as a factor when determining patient monitoring, treatment, and clinical decision-making.
Some electronic medical record systems historically incorporated race into obstetric risk assessments that help determine whether patients receive additional monitoring, medications, blood products, or other preventive interventions before or after childbirth. Critics argue that race-based adjustments may influence clinical care in ways that are not supported by individualized medical evidence.
What Patients Report
Patients report:
- Receiving different levels of monitoring during labor and delivery.
- Learning that electronic risk scores influenced treatment decisions.
- Not being informed how risk assessments were calculated.
- Concern that race affected obstetric care.
- Experiencing complications despite being considered low risk.
- Difficulty obtaining records explaining clinical decision-making.
Why Patients Should Be Concerned
Risk assessment tools influence important medical decisions during labor, delivery, and the postpartum period. Patients deserve individualized care based upon their own medical condition rather than generalized assumptions associated with race or ethnicity.
This investigation seeks to determine whether healthcare providers continued using race-based obstetric hemorrhage risk tools after concerns emerged regarding their fairness and scientific validity.
Potential Claims May Include
- Healthcare Discrimination
- Violation of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
- Violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
- Lack of Informed Consent
- Consumer Protection
- Medical Negligence
Signs You May Be Affected
You may be affected if:
- You delivered a child at a hospital using electronic obstetric hemorrhage risk assessment tools.
- You are Black, Hispanic, or another racial minority.
- You believe race affected your obstetric care.
- You experienced unexpected complications during childbirth.
- You were not informed how your risk assessment was calculated.
- You believe race influenced treatment recommendations.
If you have encountered these issues, we would like to hear from you. Please complete the contact form on this page, send us an email at [email protected], or give us a call at (202) 470-3520.