Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Webinar 2012-2013 Series

Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiatives

August 29, 2013

This Webcast presented a discussion of examples of neonatal quality improvement projects undertaken by perinatal quality collaboratives, including project challenges and successes, statewide dissemination, and sustainability.

 

 

Obstetric Quality Improvement Initiatives

June 24, 2013 This Webcast presented a discussion of examples of obstetric quality improvement projects undertaken by perinatal quality collaboratives, including project challenges and successes, statewide dissemination, and the role of system design in achieving significant and sustained improvement. It concludes with participant questions.

 

 

Building and Sustaining a Collaborative

April 25, 2013

This Webcast presented 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. It concludes with participant questions about how the collaboratives in the presenters’ states have applied these principles to their projects.

 

Perinatal Performance Measures and Data Collection

February 27, 2013

This Webcast discusses perinatal performance measures including identifying and choosing measures, data collection sources, and real-time data feedback systems. It concludes with participant questions about how California’s collaboratives have applied these principles to their projects.

 

Quality Improvement Principles and Getting Started

December 11, 2012

This Webcast presents an overview of core Quality Improvement Principles as applied to improving the quality of perinatal and maternal care. It includes a discussion of the Model for Improvement, topic selection, and identifying measurable changes that can be tested. It concludes with participant questions about how collaboratives in the presenters’ states have applied these principles to their projects.

 

Perinatal Quality Collaboratives 101

October 15, 2012

This Webcast presents an overview of Quality Improvement in perinatal and maternal care. It includes information about the purpose, basic structure, and past successes of collaboratives. It concludes with participant questions about how state-based collaborative efforts have led to quality improvements in the presenters’ states and how these PQCs function.

 

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