Current Health Equity Climate: Call to Improve for TIPQC

by Rolanda Lister, MD

Maternal mortality is increasing in America and Tennessee and cardiovascular causes are the most common reasons of pregnancy associated mortality. Read on...

World Breastfeeding Week

by Betty McDaniel-Thomas, RN, IBCLC

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated each year the first week of August to promote and bring attention to providing breast milk to babies, by direct feeding at the breast or pumping and providing expressed breast milk.

Breast milk is especially desired for the opiate exposed neonate (OEN). It provides a majority of all infant nutritional needs, can bring closeness of mom to baby, gives mom a sense of connection and success, may provide some physical advantages to mom, may decrease withdrawal for the infant, easier for the infant to digest, passes immunities to baby and many other positives. Read on...

Safe to Sleep
Learning Session

Closing out the first Safe to Sleep Learning Session on July 7, teams stated headline news one year from now, will include:

Safe Sleep for All Infants
ALL of the facilities are recognized by the TDH as a Best Baby facility!
Not only the best place to have a baby, but the safest place to have a baby and sleep safely!
Extra..... Extra ..... Read all about it.... HOME RUN with 100% Safe Sleep Compliance
100% ABC Compliance
Major decease in numbers of SUIDS/safe sleep deaths in TN- and show major increase in safe sleep compliance
Infant Mortality Review teams no longer needed

The over 110 attendees heard from family member, Marlena Shelton, Tennessee Department of Health’s Rachel Heitmann, and Medical Examiner Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan. In addition, teams discussed first PDSA cycles, resources including the Safe to Sleep Speaker’s Bureau, and NANN Materials.

This project is off to a great start! Keep the headline news coming!

NAS Universal Training Program - VON

Congratulations to the four teams who have completed VON’s NAS Universal Training Program!

East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center
St. Thomas River Park Hospital
St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital

In total, over 1,600 learners from 39 centers across Tennessee are participating in this valuable training with one more year to complete the modules!

TIPQC Welcomes Rolanda Lister, MD as Officer for Health Equity

QI Spotlight

Do you have an Improvement Team Member who deserves recongition? Submit your nomination to be featured in the next TIPQC ezine by August 15th for consideration for the September issue!

Nominate Now

TIPQC Speakers Bureau

The TIPQC Speakers Bureau is available at NO CHARGE to speak to your hospital, department meeting, or other meetings, either in person or via conference call. Speakers are trained and ready to present on a number of topics including Safe to Sleep, Maternal Hypertension, and more... Check out the TIPQC Speakers Bureau for a full list of topics and to request a speaker today.

HRSA Survey - COVID-19 and Pregnancy

Pregnancy providers are encouraged to participate in a brief survey by the Health and Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), on telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results will be used to inform possible need for policy change and resource mobilization.

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