| Greetings from OPQC! Thank you for your continued involvement with the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative. We would like to engage all stakeholders interested in our projects, to promote current events regarding maternal and infant health, to highlight community, statewide, and nationwide partnerships, and to prompt discussion around quality improvement activities and best practices. |
| OPQC Projects |
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Progesterone Project
The OPQC Progesterone Project is engaging the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and the five Medicaid Managed Care Providers along with its OB Outpatient Clinics to improve the identification and care of women at risk for preterm birth. Furthermore, as the project spreads, OPQC is developing a partnership with the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC) Federally Qualified Health Centers to identify additional at-risk women.
NAS Project
The NAS Project has entered a new project phase:
Orchestrated Testing
. Last year, OPQC NAS sites were successful in reducing length of stay and length of opiate treatment among babies identified with NAS.
During Phase 2 of the project, teams are working with one another to test different combinations of interventions and practices to determine which of these methods have the greatest impact on further reducing length of stay and length of opiate treatment for babies with NAS. A collaborative Learning Lab model is currently being implemented to foster sharing among project teams.
NICU Graduates Project
OPQC's newest project, the NICU Graduates Project, held its first design meetings in September and October.
Funded by the Ohio Department of Medicaid, this two-year project aims to improve the transition from NICU to home for infants with specific technology dependence.
OPQC will be working with the six Ohio Children's Hospital Association (OCHA) hospitals to undertake this project.
Thus far, three sites (Rainbow Babies' and Children's Hospital, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital) have been invited and agreed to participate. You can read more about the project on
our website
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Sustain Phase Projects
OPQC continues to engage with hospital sites around Ohio through
its Sustain Phase Projects:
Sustain Phase Project sites continue to collect data and receive data feedback on a quarterly basis. OPQC Sustain Phase Projects
continue to maintain their gains.
State-Based Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (IPHIS)
Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, OPQC is continuing work with the Ohio Department of Health - Vital Statistics to implement workshops and promote resources around the Integrated Perinatal Health Information System (IPHIS) and
Birth Registry Accuracy.
In 2016, through a series of virtual office hours, online webinars, and in-person regional workshops, OPQC and ODH-VS will offer educational resources to birth registry abstractors and hospital staff. These trainings will offer the opportunity to discuss individual challenges in medical record documentation of IPHIS variables and current issues in perinatal health that impact how IPHIS measures newborn and maternal outcomes.
Please see below for the schedule of IPHIS webinars and virtual office hours (click to register):
Virtual Office Hours
Webinars
You can find more information on the OPQC website. We're l
ooking forward to improving IPHIS even more in 2016!
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| OPQC Fall 2015 Learning Session |
|  OPQC held its semiannual Learning Session on September 28th in Columbus, Ohio. Nearly 300 guests, team members, and speakers shared successes and challenges of testing change in their practices and hospitals. Speakers
OPQC was excited to welcome expert guest speakers representing a variety of fields and organizations:
Additionally, Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown both sent messages of congratulations and encouragement for the work OPQC has accomplished. Current project work aligns closely with state initiatives to reduce infant mortality and the incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Presentations Learning Session content focused on data, quality improvement methods, and team work in light of new project sites for the Progesterone Project and the start of Orchestrated Testing for the NAS Project. All Learning Session presentations can be found here. OPQC is currently planning our Spring 2016 Learning Session. |
| Publications and Appearances |
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OPQC faculty and team members actively participate in meetings and presentations to share lessons learned. Some key presentations and meetings include:
Keba Henderson, Program Officer for the CDC Funded State-Based Perinatal Quality Collaboratives project, presented on OPQC during the CDC Grand Rounds on November 16, 2015.
Dr. Carole Lannon, OPQC Quality Improvement Lead; Dr. Jay Iams, Obstetrics Lead; and Lakshmi Prasad, Project Manager, attended the March of Dimes Prematurity Prevention Conference 2015: Quality Improvement, Evidence, and Practice in November 2015. OPQC highlighted progress on the Progesterone, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and 39 Weeks and Birth Registry Accuracy Projects via a poster presentation.
OPQC team members
participated in the Ohio Collaborative to Prevent Infant Mortality's (OCPIM) quarterly meeting on December 1, 2015 in Columbus, OH. Dr. Jay Iams presented an overview of OPQC's Progesterone, NAS Projects, and NICU Graduates Projects.
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OPQC would like to recognize the contributions of several of our partners to making our collaborative a model for other states: the Ohio Department of Health, The Ohio Department of Medicaid, The Office of Vital Statistics, CDC and the Government Resource Center.
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