Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Webinar 2013-2014 Series
Breastfeeding and Human Milk Quality Improvement Initiatives
This Webcast presented a discussion of quality improvement initiatives addressing human milk and breastfeeding, including use of human milk in the neonatal intensive care setting and improving support for breastfeeding in hospitals. It concludes with participant questions.
Obstetric Hemorrhage
This Webcast presented a discussion of obstetric hemorrhage, including quality improvement projects to improve response to and management of obstetric hemorrhage. It concludes with participant questions. The following resource from the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Postpartum Hemorrhage Project was referenced in the presentation: Quantification of Blood Loss [PDF – 93KB]
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
This Webcast presented a discussion of efforts to reduce severe maternal morbidity and mortality due to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). The presentation includes a discussion of quality improvement projects and recent guidelines proposed for response to and management of HDP. It concludes with participant questions.
Severe Maternal Morbidity
This Webcast presented a discussion of severe maternal morbidity (SMM), including measurement of SMM at both the population and facility levels, recent trends in SMM, and an overview of national projects designed to address SMM. It concludes with participant questions about utilizing state databases to track SMM.