New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) Projects
A set of projects focused on providing the best and safest care for women and infants in New York State by collaborating with birthing hospitals, perinatal care providers and other key stakeholders to prevent and minimize harm.
Specific projects in this initiative:
Obstetrical Improvement Project–Management of Maternal Hemorrhage and Hypertension Initiative: Improving the identification and management of maternal hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
Obstetrical Prenatal Education Project: Improving documentation of patient education on the maternal and fetal risks and benefits of scheduled delivery without a medical indication.
Obstetrical Improvement Project: Improving birth outcomes in cases of preterm birth.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Central and Umbilical Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) Reduction Project: Reducing CLABSIs in NICUs through the increased use of central line insertion and maintenance checklists.
Enteral Nutrition Project: Reducing the percentage of newborns <31 weeks gestational age who are discharged from an RPC NICU below the tenth percentile for growth on Fenton scales for weight and head circumference.
Neonatal Project: Improving safe sleep practices.
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Project: Increasing the proportion of newborns who are screened for hearing loss, have audiologic evaluation, and are enrolled in appropriate intervention services.
Who
Regional perinatal centers across New York State.
Our Role
Served as a quality improvement consultant and content expert for the collaborative. Provided project management support as needed.
Funder
The project is funded by the New York State Department of Health.
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 New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) Projects 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.”
