In an effort to increase the accessibility of maternal health statistics, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently launched a dashboard that collects multiple state data points.

The Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard is an interactive site that houses data from the Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System, the CDC Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research, and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Fast Stats website, according to a news release from UAMS.

"By increasing the accessibility of maternal health data, the Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard will raise awareness about the need for stakeholders to work together on improving maternal health in Arkansas," Dr. Jennifer Callaghan-Koru, an associate professor at the UAMS Fay W.