Perinatal Expert Consulting
Dr. Lauren Olvera, DNP, CNM, founded PeriPro Consulting in 2024, and offers specialized consulting and expert witness services in the field of obstetrics, midwifery, and maternal health. With over 17 years of clinical experience and advanced doctoral training, she provides clear, evidence-based insight for legal teams, clinicians, hospital systems, and risk management professionals.
Legal Consulting
Clinical Consulting
Hospital & System Advisory
Legal consulting in maternal and newborn health centers on the objective analysis of clinical care through the lens of evidence-based standards and risk assessment. This category includes services such as expert witness testimony, standard of care review, deposition and affidavit preparation, and comprehensive documentation analysis—all tailored to support attorneys and legal teams in malpractice and healthcare litigation.
Clinical consulting addresses the operational and quality needs of midwifery practices, OB teams, and interdisciplinary maternal care settings. Services focus on optimizing workflows, refining protocols, improving documentation practices, and clarifying scope of practice or collaborative agreements. The goal is to ensure care delivery is clinically sound, legally defensible, and aligned with current standards.
Hospital and system-level advisory focuses on strategic evaluation and improvement of maternity care models. This includes support for service line development, risk mitigation strategies, policy and protocol review, credentialing input, and broader consulting around midwifery integration or care model innovation. The aim is to improve outcomes, expand access, and align operations with the evolving maternal health landscape.
Services
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Legal Consulting
• Expert witness testimony (plaintiff & defense)
• Affidavits, depositions, and expert reporting
• Standard of care case review for maternal and newborn outcomes
• Case chronology & clinical timeline development
• Pre-litigation screening + viability assessments
• Deposition preparation support for OB-related litigation
Clinical Consulting
• Chart audits with focus on documentation gaps and risk exposure
• Consulting on OB clinical protocols and best practices
• Scope-of-practice reviews for CNMs and MDs
• Support for team education or internal case debriefing
• Second-opinion case review for collaborative practices
Hospital & System Advisory
• Risk mitigation strategy and credentialing advisory
• Policy + protocol review for maternal health standards
• Advisory on trauma-informed care implementation
• Maternal morbidity and sentinel event documentation review
• Consulting on collaborative model implementation for OB units
• Market + competitor landscape analysis
• Volume growth strategy + pitch deck creation
• Midwifery integration planning
• Outcome benchmarking (e.g., intervention rates, Cesarean rates, patient satisfaction)
• Catchment area mapping + referral pathway optimization
• Stakeholder alignment + executive presentation support
Not sure which category fits your needs? Start with a consultation request — and we’ll tailor support based on your goals.
Trusted. Thorough. Clinically Active.
Grounded in over 17 years of clinical experience and executive leadership in women’s health, PeriPro Consulting offers a multidimensional perspective on perinatal care.
Services span three core domains: legal consulting, clinical insight, and hospital systems advisory—each informed by active licensure, doctoral-level training, and frontline experience in maternal health.
Every engagement is shaped by a blend of clinical precision, legal fluency, and respect for the complexity of patient-centered care. From standard of care evaluations to system-level strategy, the work is tailored, evidence-based, and deeply attuned to real-world outcomes.
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