Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)
The FIMR/CAG committee develops community actions in response to the Fetal & Infant Mortality Review Case Review Team’s (CRT) recommendation.
The Broward Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Project is a countywide effort to better understand the issues associated with fetal and infant mortality and morbidity and to develop strategies that improve perinatal systems of care, locally and statewide.
FIMR began in 1990 as a collaborative effort between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Since it was first introduced in the late 1980's, FIMR has been a dynamic, community process. FIMR has enjoyed continued growth and refinement as more communities have used it. Today, there are over two hundred FIMR programs. While the basic methodology is the same in most programs, the specific recipe for actual operation is local. Funding sources vary from community to community. Different types of agencies sponsor the FIMR program including city and county health departments, local hospitals, regional perinatal centers and community based maternal and child health coalitions.
Florida adopted the FIMR model in 1992. The Broward Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. has been contracted by the State of Florida to implement FIMR locally. FIMR of Dade County is one of 12 FIMR projects statewide organized under Florida Statute 766.101 and funded by the State of Florida.
Potential members come from the entire community and include individuals and agency representatives who:
- live in the community and use its resources
- provide health and human services
- set policy; and/or, rely on the community as a source for workers and a good place to do business
FIMR project is funded by the Children’s Services Council of Broward, Broward Healthy Start Coalition and United Way, FIMR.
Click here to download the 2010 FIMR Annual Report.