Annual Meeting Highlights

The Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC) brought together more than 300 physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, insurance companies, families, legislators and community groups on March 4-5, 2019 at the Cool Springs Marriott in Franklin to celebrate 10 years of Quality Improvement in Tennessee.

The two (2) day program featured sessions on maternal and child health issues, quality improvement projects, and noted state and national speakers. Tennessee Commissioner of Health, Dr. Lisa Piercey, Dr. Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School & March for Moms, Charles Johnson, 4Kira4Moms, Dr. Debra Bingham, Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement, Dr. Ann Borders, Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative, Dr. Tia Hubbard, UC San Diego School of Medicine, Dr.  Morgan McDonald, Tennessee Department of Health, Dr. Victor Wu, TennCare, and Dr. Stephen Patrick, Vanderbilt Center of Child Health Policy addressed improvement opportunities and efforts on a local, state, and national level. Project Workshops discussed current and ongoing challenges, best practices, successes, and allowed for collaboration around Optimizing Care of the 35-36 Week Infant, Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Exposed Newborns, Communication in Disparities, Maternal Depression screening, Trauma Informed Care, and the Tennessee Breastfeeding Coalition.

The attendees were able to sharpen their improvement objectives and projects through collaborative sharing, benchmarking, and learning from national as well as state experts. Poster winners were celebrated as well as the over 40 hospital teams awarded for their improvement work this last year.