Join Us for a Webinar!

Quality Improvement Principles and Getting Started

December 11, 2012 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern Time

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.

CDC funds state-wide 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 to teach other states how to start, maintain, and grow their own collaboratives. Webinars will be held every two months. They are available to participants in all states, with a focus on hospitals, physician organizations, and health agencies.

Speakers:

Jeffrey Gould, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator, California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative
Director, Perinatal Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine

Peter Grubb, MD
Principal Investigator and Medical Director, Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care
Medical Director, Stahlman NICU, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

This Webcast will present an overview of core Quality Improvement Principles as applied to improving the quality of perinatal and maternal care. It will include a discussion of the Model for Improvement, topic selection, and identifying measurable changes that can be tested. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about how collaboratives in the presenters' states have applied these principles to their projects.

Advance registration is strongly encouraged due to space limitations.

Objectives:

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

1. Discuss the Model for Improvement.2. Identify specific and measurable aims.
3. Use Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles of learning.

Participant Conference Access Information

To register for this event:
1. Go to the URL listed below and choose Web RSVP under Join Events.
2. Enter the conference number and passcode.
3. Provide your information for the event leader and then click submit.

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Conference number: 7825214
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Conference number: PW1635050

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