Maternal Health Services Dashboard

The Wisconsin Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) collects information from people about their attitudes and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy.

The end of the PRAMS survey asks, "We would love to hear more about your story! Is there anything else you would like to share with us about your experiences around the time of your pregnancy?"

Many mothers share their thoughts and stories. These comments provide valuable insights into many maternal health topics, including availability of maternal health services.

Some mothers shared how services being too far away made access difficult.

“I could not get into a doctor sooner living in a rural area, even on a wait list and was not seen until 12 weeks… Overall moving somewhat recently from a city to a rural area left me feeling unsupported socially. Resources at healthcare facilities are slim, and appointments are very rushed. It was very difficult to find a doula for birth and post-partum care and I had to pay for her to travel from over an hour away… Rural areas need more doctors with proper length appointment time and doulas. Even if you have the time to drive 30 minutes each way for care and financial means like myself the emotional/social support is severely lacking and so, so important!”

“I would make an appointment and like 2 days before the appointment, the receptionist would call me and say they do not accept my insurance. I couldn't get any appointments. And all the Medicaid doctors were booked until next year. I had to drive really far to the appointment… The only way I was able to find a doctor and get squeezed in was because I was cramping really bad while I was pregnant and had to go to the ER.”

Some mothers expressed the need for additional mental health services across the state.

“I believe mental health care should be more available and accessible for both the mother and father—especially for first time parents—during and after pregnancy. I believe this would greatly help improve the quality of care the baby gets and help keep parents together.”

“Right now in the mental field it is really hard to find experienced professionals because of the waitlist and I cannot imagine what it is like for women on Medicare who need postpartum care.”

The Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team (MMRT) reviews all deaths that occur during or within one year of the end of pregnancy. The team is composed of experts who represent organizations involved in the care of pregnant and postpartum people in Wisconsin. The MMRT makes recommendations for each pregnancy-related, preventable death. These recommendations are intended to prevent future similar deaths. MMRT recommendations address several topics, including availability of maternal health services.

Several recommendations addressed expanding care within rural areas or maternity care deserts.

• The Federal government should direct funding to eliminate maternity care deserts to ensure all high-risk pregnant patients have access to specialist care in every pregnancy.
• Federal and state governments should direct funding to connecting rural care to tertiary and quaternary care through consultation and transport systems for high risk services.
• State government should direct funding toward training healthcare providers for practice in rural areas.

Some recommendations offered telehealth services as an option to reducing barriers to care.

• Health care organizations should work to increase mental health support through telehealth to help those in rural areas/areas with lack of access to existing resources.
• Providers should offer telehealth as an option when patients have transportation issues or other barriers that may prevent them from accessing care.

Several recommendations addressed the need to expand the reach of mental health and substance use treatment services.

• Legislators need to provide funding to support community-based support programs focused on mental health and substance use, particularly in low resource and/or rural spaces.
• States should increase access to treatment facilities that allow for pregnant and parenting persons to obtain treatment and maintain family unit.
• The Division of Medicaid Services (DMS) should increase Medicaid reimbursement in order to incentivize more high-quality mental health/SUD treatment providers in the community.

Birthing services

This map shows the locations of birthing centers and hospitals in Wisconsin. The legend shows that facilities are categorized based on whether they are centers or hospitals. Toggling over each plotted point reveals facility name and address.

These birthing facility data is current as of 2024. Hospital closures, location shifts, or other changes after this date may not be captured in this data.

Doula organizations

This map shows the locations of doula organizations in Wisconsin. The legend shows that services are categorized based on for-profit or nonprofit status. Highlighting over each plotted point reveals the number of doula organization that exist within the highlighted city.

These data were collected from a variety of maternal health partners and do not necessarily reflect all nonprofit doula organizations in the state. We are working to ensure the accuracy and completeness of these maps.

To find contact information for many of these providers or learn more about available services review Doula services and/or Doula providers.

Midwife services

This map on the page shows the zip code locations of actively licensed midwives in Wisconsin. The legend shows that data is categorized based on provider credentials. Highlighting over each plotted point reveals the number of licensed midwives within the highlighted zip code.

Data source: License Lookup

Maternal mental health services

This map shows the locations of mental health resources that provide targeted maternal services in Wisconsin. The legend shows that services are based on level and type of care. Highlighting over each plotted point reveals provider name and address.

These data were collected from a variety of maternal health partners and do not necessarily reflect all maternal mental health resources in the state. We are working to ensure the accuracy and completeness of these maps.

To find contact information for many of these providers or learn more about available services visit Well Badger and Postpartum Support International (PSI).

Substance use treatment services

This map shows the locations of substance use disorder resources that provide targeted maternal services in Wisconsin. The legend shows that services are based on generalized versus targeted maternal programming and level of care (whether services provide medication-assisted treatment). Highlighting over each plotted point reveals provider name and address.

This map only represents those providers that accept one or more forms of Medicaid. These data were collected from a variety of maternal health partners and do not necessarily reflect all substance use disorder treatment resources in the state. We are working to ensure the accuracy and completeness of these maps.

To find contact information for many of these providers or learn more about available services, visit Well Badger and a Consumer Guide: Finding and Choosing Substance Use Treatment Programs.

If you have any questions around maternal health data or would like to request data, email DHSFHSData@dhs.wisconsin.gov.

Additional data and information related to maternal, infant, child, and adolescent health can be found on the Family Health Data page. This webpage contains resources that are freely available from state and national data sources. You will also find a guide for using WISH (Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health) to show you how to do your own data queries on a wide-range of health indicators in our state and communities.