FIMR can be used to bolster a variety of Indiana perinatal surveillance efforts. This can and should include the incorporation of FIMR findings into institutionalized Title V activities, such as the 5-year needs assessment and annually reported performance measures. Aside from the obvious positive potential impact on the informed, data-driven resource improvements in Indiana communities, FIMR is a valuable tool to enhance Indiana’s Title V Needs Assessment by:

  • Examining social, cultural, safety, and health systems factors that are associated with fetal and infant mortality through review of individual cases
  • Identifying systems barriers and problems that need improvement through case-reviews
  • Including maternal interview information from consumers to further identify actions needed
  • Addressing ways of improving service systems and community resources to reduce future fetal and infant deaths
  • Providing valuable qualitative data to use with the state’s quantitative infant mortality data
  • Click here to learn more about the county and regional FIMR teams
FIMR is:
  • Community-based
  • Action-oriented
  • Used at the local level to:
    • Assess
    • Plan
    • Improve & monitor service systems
    • Develop policy
    • Promoting the health and well-being of women
    • A warning system that can describe effects of health care systems change
    • A method for implementing continuous quality improvement