Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) are state or multi-state networks of multidisciplinary teams working to improve maternal and infant healthcare and outcomes statewide using quality improvement methods. PQCs work with hospitals, healthcare providers, and community members to improve the safety and quality of maternity care, often leveraging information from their state’s Maternal Mortality Review Commission to inform the work. Speakers will address PQC work in more detail, as well as addressing examples and strategies for rural hospitals and their state’s PQC to work together effectively.
Featured Speakers
Jacqueline Wallace MD, MPH, Perinatal & Infant Health Team, Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Caroline Sedano, MPH, Perinatal Unit Manager at the Washington State Department of Health
Annie Glover, PhD, MPH, MPA, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Montana Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities and a Research Associate Professor at the University of Montana School for Public and Community Health Sciences