CHIPRA Technical Assistance and Analytic Support Program
A project to improve maternal and child health by providing technical assistance and learning content to build the capacity of state Medicaid/CHIP agencies to use quality improvement methods.
Who
The project involved 11 state Medicaid quality improvement teams from California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Washington and Puerto Rico.
Our Role
Provided project teams with technical assistance on how to incorporate quality improvement principles into their work.
Funder
The project was funded by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
Project Impact
External Resources
State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
List of PQCs funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Power of PQCs
Video showing the impact that PQCs have on the communities they serve. Produced by the NNPQC.
PQCs in the News
Articles in news outlets covering state PQCs, their activities, and the people that work in the collaboratives.
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.
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.
Related Content
Resources produced by the CHIPRA Technical Assistance and Analytic Support Program or on related topics
Meet Our Team
“In our deep organizational work to move along the Equity Systems Continuum from a Savior-Designed System to an Equity-Empowered System, we acknowledge the power of action. The potential is limitless for today’s commitments to improve the systems in which health care and public health professionals work and families receive care.”