Oregon Perinatal Collaborative (OPC) is currently developing our next initiative focused on severe hypertension in pregnancy and the postpartum period. The first workgroup meeting to develop the toolkit was held on January 25th, and we …
Initiatives
Together with our partners, our work aims to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes in our region.
Oregon Community Birth Transfer Partnership
Background Planned home births and birth center births (also known as community births) are relatively common in Oregon compared to most of the United States. Four percent of births in Oregon and 1.6 percent of …
Induction of Labor
The Oregon Perinatal Collaborative is compiling evidence based best practices for induction of labor. If you’re interested in this work or want to receive a copy of our tool kit when it is released in …
Hard Stop Initiative
In 2011, the Oregon Chapter of the March of Dimes, at the direction of Joanne Rogovoy, convened a meeting of the leadership of the largest birthing hospitals in Oregon to discuss reducing early preterm deliveries. …
Northwest Neonatal Improvement Priority Alliance
The Northwest Neonatal Improvement Priority Alliance (NWIPA) is a collaboration of health care professionals and veteran NICU families working together as an interdisciplinary community to improve the quality and safety of medical care for all …
Oregon Maternal Data Center
The Oregon Maternal Data Center (OMDC) is a dynamic, Web-based tool launched in 2015 that helps hospitals calculate, report and improve performance, in a way that is low-burden and low cost. Participating hospitals submit patient …
Obstetric Hemorrhage
The Oregon Perinatal Collaborative, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) launched a state-wide data-driven quality improvement initiative in October, 2019, with the …
Long Acting Reversible Contraception
Unintended pregnancy is endemic in Oregon, and across the United States, and carries significant health and economic consequences [1-3]. The postpartum period is a time of high unmet need for effective contraception. A study of …
Family Well Being Assessment
The Oregon Family Well-Being Assessment (FWBA) for pregnancy was developed by the Maternity Model of Care subcommittee of the Oregon Perinatal Collaborative. It was developed as a response to the need to integrate behavioral health, …