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Most states have developed perinatal quality collaboratives to enhance hospital care quality for maternal and newborn care. While some states are further along in their journey, others continue to develop their programs. Where are you in your own QI journey?

To support the inclusion of Newborn Falls within Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) efforts, here is a start for your teams to “plug in” a QI framework that addresses preventing and reducing newborn falls during the immediate postpartum stay.

Our National Perinatal Information Center Perinatal Database reveals that homelessness is one of the most reported social determinants of health (SDOH).

Well-newborns are not often thought of as requiring additional support or expertise for their care. Research and literature, both medical and nursing, tend to support Labor and Delivery and Neonatal Intensive Care as opposed to the immediate postpartum period. Perhaps it is time to revisit this and build depth into these areas, including the care of the well-newborn.

Today is, National Maternal Health Awareness Day 2024. This year the focus is on Access to Care. Access in Crisis.

Are you among the hospitals who are seeking to improve quality? Have you explored the Psychology of Quality Improvement?

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.