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Racial and ethnic disparities continue to impact prematurity across the nation. The National Perinatal Information Center provides stratified race and ethnicity reporting for our member hospitals for both maternal and newborn outcomes.

Perinatal Care (PC) Core Measures: Updates for 2023

Tough Talk: How to Compassionately Bombard Families Experiencing a Perinatal Loss

How Did We Get Here? Creating and Sustaining Supportive Team Environments

During Neonatal Nurses Week, not only should we be focused on the outstanding work of our neonatal nursing colleagues, but how can we promote collaborative teamwork that undergirds outstanding neonatal care? How can we best support our nursing teams in caring for the smallest and most fragile of patients?

Newborn Falls and Drops: An Interactive Discussion to Achieve Best Practices (Part 2) Bridging Science to Action to Prevent and Respond to Newborn Falls

Newborn Falls and Drops: An Interactive Discussion to Achieve Best Practices (Part 1) Overview and Etiology of Newborn Falls

Newborn Falls and Drops: An Interactive Discussion to Achieve Best Practices

Using Breastmilk Feeding Success to Support the CMS Commitment to Health Equity Measure

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Commitment to Health Equity Core Measure. This Core Measure has five domains and should be on every hospital’s radar. We are going to use Breastmilk Feeding as an example of how these domains can work together to support hospital and community partnership and engagement.

Creating a Use Case for Maternal Data and Quality Improvement

Every quarter, NPIC provides member hospitals with a plethora of data. Data that can be tremendously helpful in creating and sustaining quality improvement action plans to support optimal outcomes in maternal and newborn inpatient care.

Respectful Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Respectful Care continues to be a priority for maternal and neonatal outcomes, particularly with the continued disparities described throughout the literature, including significant outcome disparities found within Black and Brown women and birthing persons, particularly maternal care and NICU care.