(FIMR) is an action-oriented community process that continually assesses, monitors, and works to improve service systems and community resources for women, infants, and families. A fetal or infant death is the event that begins the process. 

Trained staff review medical and other records of the infant and mother to gather information. When staff interview the mother, they obtain very important information and ensure the family is linked with needed resources. A multi-disciplinary team then reviews case summaries with all identification removed. Its charge is to recommend actions to improve services or resources. Finally, a community action team works to implement and track recommendations.(Reprinted with permission from:
FIMR: Making Healthy Communities Happen, a publication of the National Fetal & Infant Mortality Review Program, Spring, 1998.)