Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) are networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals working to improve pregnancy outcomes for women and newborns by advancing evidence-based clinical practices and processes. PQCs include hospitals, pediatricians and neonatologists, obstetricians and perinatologists, midwives, nurses, and state health department staff.

PQC members identify care processes that need to be improved and use the best available methods to make changes and improve outcomes. State PQCs include key leaders in private, public, and academic health care settings with expertise in evidence-based obstetric and neonatal care and quality improvement.

PQCs address a range of perinatal health issues including elective deliveries before 39 weeks gestation, antenatal steroid use, and hospital-acquired neonatal infections. Many states currently have active collaboratives and others are in development.

PQC Webinar Series 2012–2013

CDC funds statewide PQCs in California, New York, and Ohio and is working with these networks to sponsor a series of Webinars. These Webinars are intended to help PQCs share knowledge and experiences, and teach other states how to start, maintain, and grow their own collaboratives.

Webinars will be held every 2 months. They are available to participants in all states, with a focus on hospitals, physician organizations, and health agencies. Live participation is strongly encouraged to allow effective question-and-answer periods. The Webinars will be recorded and archived on this Web page in the future for people who are unable to attend the live sessions.

Next Webinar

Building and Sustaining a Collaborative

April 25, 2013, from 3:00–4:30 PM Eastern Time

Marilyn A. Kacica, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Division of Family Health, New York State Department of Health
Director, New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Barbara Murphy, RN, MSN
Director, Perinatal Programs
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

This Webcast will present a discussion of how to build and sustain a perinatal quality collaborative, including establishing an expert workgroup, communication strategies, and past experience and challenges with funding PQC efforts. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about how the collaboratives in the presenters’ states have applied these principles to their projects.

Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to—

• Discuss how some states have developed leadership and collaboration among stakeholders.
• Understand successful communication strategies to build collaborative participation.
• Identify resources for support of collaborative activities.

To register for this event

1. Go to: https://www.mymeetings.com/emeet/rsvp/index.jsp?customHeader=mymeetings&Conference_ID=9376663&passcode=1827878
2. Provide your information for the event leader and then click submit.
3. You will receive a passcode and PIN to access the audio portion of the webinar. This information will be required to ensure entry.

Webinar participation on the day of the event

• To join the Web portion, click on: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW9376663&p=1827878&t=c
• To join the audio portion, dial 1-888-603-9212 (toll free).
• Enter the passcode and PIN that you received in your registration confirmation.

If you did not register and do not have a PIN, enter the passcode 1827878 and hold for an operator. NOTE: there is a lengthy hold time, during which you will be asked for your PIN multiple times before being rerouted. You may still be able to join the Webinar, if space is available. 

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Future Webinars

June 2013: Examples of Obstetric Initiatives

 

August 2013: Examples of Neonatal Initiatives

 

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Archived Webinars

View-on-demand recorded PQC Webinars from our archives.

 

 

 

For more information about the Webinars, please contact us at drhinfo@cdc.gov