Quality Improvement Community of Learning
In partnership with ACOG’s Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM), NICHQ has developed a Quality Improvement Community of Learning (COL) to strengthen and support knowledge and understanding of Quality Improvement (QI) methodology.
Building QI Capability
Who
NICHQ will develop a quality improvement (QI) community of learning (COL) for ACOG and for the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) program. The AIM program leads work to develop and implement Patient Safety Bundles (PSBs), standardized frameworks that are designed to address the leading causes of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity.
Our Role
NICHQ’s role in this project will be multi-faceted. We will engage improvement advisors, diverse subject matter experts, and PQCs, who have had experience and success in implementing change packages for patient safety bundles; to educate and support PQCs and their clinical partners in deploying the identified change packages in their state through a community of learning; host virtual webinar series (with recording made available) focused on education around foundational QI methodology; support participating teams to invite patient and family representatives to participate on QI teams to improve patient experience and outcomes, provide coaching, peer-to-peer sharing opportunities, and other tools and resources through the COL; and connect CoL members with seasoned SMEs or members who have experience with implementing patient safety bundles and change packages to allow for mentorship.
Funder
The project is funded through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) program.
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 Quality Improvement Community of Learning project 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.”
