Lithuania improves maternal and newborn healthcare with new system
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Lithuania’s Ministry of Health changed the rules for healthcare provided to pregnant women, mothers, and newborns. The ministry implemented a new system using 52 indicators to evaluate the quality of care across the country’s medical facilities.
These changes aim to standardize requirements for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care, and to better identify high-risk pregnancies. The new system will allow officials to objectively assess the services provided and identify areas for improvement.
The ministry also expanded the list of pregnancy risk factors and situations requiring consultation with specialists. It now requires a neonatologist or pediatrician to be present at deliveries in certain medical cases. These updates to healthcare practices also include new diagnostic methods for prenatal care and clarified requirements for postpartum care.
Additionally, the Ministry of Health affirmed a mother’s right to have chosen companions present during labor in all healthcare facilities and updated the composition of the Integrated Healthcare Monitoring Committee for Perinatology, establishing a new system to monitor the quality of care for mothers and newborns.
