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HealthAlliance Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), has been accepted into the American College of Nurse-Midwives' (ACNM's) Reducing Primar y Cesareans Project to improve the health of mothers and babies by reduc - ing the incidence of first C-sections in low-risk women who've never given bir th. The project is par t of ACNM's Healthy Bir th Initiative, a long- term effor t with leading maternity-care organizations. The initiative promotes evidence-based practices that suppor t healthy bir ths based on a pregnant woman's own physiology. Encouraging a consistent approach to bir th practices, it also focuses on reduc - ing practices that are not evidence-based. Under the Reducing Primar y Cesareans Project, funded by the Transforming Bir th Fund, maternity health professionals and health systems agree to take action steps called "bundles." Each bundle brings about a change aimed at reducing the number of primar y, or first, C-sections. HealthAlliance will implement at least one of three bundles, based on a data-driven analysis of the major reason low-risk women at the hospital have first C-sections. Par tners in Per formance (PiP) Excellence has awarded Orange Regional Medical Center its 2015 Silver Award for Per formance Excellence. Representatives of Orange Regional ac - cepted the recogni- tion at the PiP Annual Conference on Nov. 3 at Br yant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Thoroughly examined through the same rigorous pro - cess and guidelines of the national Malcolm Baldrige Award for Per formance Excellence, Orange Regional Medical Center was recognized for leadership, workforce engagement, and favorable clinical and customer experience outcomes. Orange Regional was evaluated against the Baldrige Excellence Framework that focuses on eight interrelated process catego - ries and a results categor y. These areas represent essential aspects of managing and per forming as an organization: leader- ship, strategy, customers, measurement, analysis and knowl- edge management, workforce, operations, and results. These criteria help an organization reach its goals, achieve results, and become more competitive and sustainable. The aim is to align an organization's mission, goals and strategic plan with its people, resources and processes, in order to achieve greater customer- patient outcomes. The Baldrige honor validates Orange Regional's remarkable per formance through innovation, best practices and insight - ful leadership. On Nov. 1, Cr ystal Run Healthcare was joined by U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, New York State Sens. John J. Bonacic and William J. Larkin Jr., New York State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec, Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus, Village of Monroe Mayor James C. Purcell and Ryan J. McLeod, Deputy Director, Mid-Hudson for Empire State Development representing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official grand opening of its brand-new, two-stor y, 70,000-square- foot medical office in Monroe. Over 200 guests were present, Family Birth Place Medical Director Dominique Delma, MD, smiles at the baby of Marta Sanchez, MD. Representatives of Orange Regional accepted the recognition at the PiP Annual Conference Nov. 3 at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Crystal Run Managing Partner & CEO Hal Teitelbaum, MD, JD, MBA (front center), leads the ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Nov. 1, along with U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (front right), New York State Sen. John J. Bonacic (front right), New York State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (front right), Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus (front left), Village of Monroe Mayor James C. Purcell (front left), Crystal Run Healthcare partners, physicians and staff, and local business representatives and residents. LOCAL 2 0