Exciting News in 2024!
Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Patient Safety Bundle
Interested in learning more about the next OPC initiative? For more information on the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health’s Patient Safety Bundle on Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy, follow this link for a list of resources.
OPC Hospital Outreach Initiative
The Oregon Perinatal Collaborative will be visiting all 47 birthing hospitals in Oregon in 2024 to build relationships and to ensure that our quality improvement initiatives are responsive to the needs of Oregon hospitals and communities. We’ll be reaching out to schedule a listening session with maternal and newborn staff leaders at each hospital to learn about the challenges hospitals face in providing care and how the OPC could support each hospital in quality improvement. We’re looking forward to these meetings!
Have a contact at your hospital OPC should reach out to? Please contact akersons@ohsu.edu.
Participate in a National Survey of Peripartum Substance Use Testing Practices
Researchers affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital are conducting a survey about substance use testing practices during pregnancy at birthing hospitals across the United States. The study team is reaching out to perinatal quality collaboratives across the country to learn more about practices for ordering and obtaining consent for toxicology testing during pregnancy.
The survey is web-based and should be completed by individuals familiar with their hospital’s substance use testing practices, including OB/GYN and pediatric physicians or fellows, certified nurse midwives, perinatal social workers, as well as L&D nursing managers.
The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. You can access the survey here.
Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool: Tutorial
Have you heard about the new HRSA data mapping tools but aren’t sure where to start? HRSA provides written instructions and video tutorials to help users understand and use the Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool more effectively. This tool enables users to access county-level data for funding applications or to support your programmatic or policy work. Visit the HRSA website to explore the tutorials and map and make use of the data!
You can find the Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool on the MCHB – HRSA website.
Webinar Series: Using Change Packages to Support AIM Bundle Implementation
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and AIM have worked together to develop actionable change packages aligned with each AIM Patient Safety Bundle. This free monthly webinar series will support state and hospital teams to effectively utilize these change packages as a tool for bundle implementation.
The series will run from January through April 2024 on the second Wednesday of each month from 11 to 12 PT.
| Our work is supported by cooperative agreement NU58DP006358, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as funding from the Oregon Chapter of the March of Dimes. Additional in-kind donations have been made through Comagine Health, Oregon Health & Science University, and our generous volunteers. |
