Addressing the Maternal Mortality Crisis in the Ambulatory Setting: A Quality Improvement Approach

The Chicago Collaborative for Maternal Health, led by AllianceChicago and EverThrive Illinois, aims to improve maternal health outcomes in the ambulatory care setting via quality improvement initiatives, community engagement, and policy advocacy. AllianceChicago is developing the first quality improvement initiative, a population management approach to linking high risk patients to primary care providers in the postpartum period, and has an engaged ten ambulatory care partners, including FQHCs and hospital clinics, to inform and implement this initiative for their patient populations.