Community-Centered Hospitals Initiative (CCHI)

The Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI) aims to address the stark and persistent disparities in the health outcomes of mothers, birthing people, and infants by strengthening collaboration and power-sharing between communities and hospitals.

Status: Active

September 2024 to September 2027

Addressing the stark and persistent disparities in the health outcomes of mothers, birthing people, and infants

The National Institute for Children’s Healthy Quality (NICHQ) aspires to a world in which no Black mothers and birthing people or their infants die from preventable causes. NICHQ believes a new paradigm is required, one in which Community-Based Organizations, Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs), and Hospitals work together to eliminate disparities in maternal and infant mortality in their communities. To this end, NICHQ will implement its Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI). This initiative will focus on balancing the power dynamic between Communities and Hospitals through a partnership with a trusted Community-Based Organization and the involvement of PQCs charged with advancing birth equity.

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Who

NICHQ, Community-Based Organizations, state Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs), and Hospitals in six communities across the US.

Our Role

NICHQ will serve as the national coordinating center to provide cross-geography supports, partnering with state PQCs to leverage local partnerships. The aim is for Community-Based Organizations to engage with local Hospitals on topics that are high priority to the community, supported by CCHI Community Engagement Coordinators. Various community-based engagement activities, such as listening sessions, will facilitate partnerships and collectively center the community voice. The Community-Centered Hospital Initiative will incorporate the building of a replicable program model in a set of pilot states during the first three years, with expansion planned across pilot states and, ultimately, across the nation to achieve this new paradigm over time.

Funder

The Studio @ Blue Meridian invests in social sector organizations to accelerate their readiness to significantly scale their reach, impact, and influence. Blue Meridian launched The Studio to fill clear gaps in the social sector funding market that restrict leaders looking to experiment and iterate upon their existing models – gaps that are exacerbated by persistent racial inequities. The Studio is a central pillar of Blue Meridian Partners’ commitment to collaboration and experimentation in pursuit of boosting the economic mobility of those trapped in poverty.

Project Impact

reduction in severe maternal morbidity from hemorrhage among Black women

(Louisiana PQC, 2018-2020)

people involved in something

exciting things in progress

External Resources

State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

List of PQCs funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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The Power of PQCs

Video showing the impact that PQCs have on the communities they serve. Produced by the NNPQC.

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PQCs in the News

Articles in news outlets covering state PQCs, their activities, and the people that work in the collaboratives.

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Patient Safety Bundles

From the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. PSBs are collections of evidence-informed best practices that address clinically specific conditions in pregnant and postpartum people. The NNPQC helps provide TA and support to PQCs in adopting the core AIM Perinatal Mental Health Bundle.

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Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

The CDC’s landing page for PQCs, including helpful infographics, videos, and links to help explain what PQCs are, how they work, and stories, learnings, and publications that have come out of the state PQCs.

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