Tennessee NICUs Join Together to Improve Care for the Tiniest Babies

The Reduction in Chronic Lung Disease (CLD) Project for infants born less than or equal to 29.6 weeks gestational age has just gone into sustainment after more than a year of work in 10 of the Level 3 & 4 NICUs. All hospitals were able to maintain or decrease Grade 3 CLD. Participating hospitals also reported no death due to CLD during the project. With 672 infants across the state in this project, this is the equivalent of 17 premature babies who survived that would not have the previous year. Congratulations to all the hospitals who improved care to reduce CLD. Read the Impact Statement

Upcoming Trainings & Webinars

(Click on links to register) We hope to see you there!

Webinar: Reduction of NEC Learning Session: November 11th- hear from National expert, Dr. Josef Neu on Tuesday, November 11 at 2 PM CT/3 PM ET.

Webinar: Respectful Care for Hispanic Patients BFA Learning Session: November 13th- 2 PM CST/3 PM ET for an insightful and engaging presentation led by Genna Linton from the Tennessee Language Center. Genna will explore Hispanic culture, highlight cultural differences, address challenges, and share valuable tips to enhance understanding and care for Hispanic patients in labor and delivery, postpartum, infant care, and NICU settings.

LIVE - QI Bootcamp: November 18th- Johnson City, TN at Johnson City Medical Center on from 8:30-3:30PM ET. This bootcamp is welcome to all levels of learning, and free to attend! Whether you are new to QI or looking for a few new skills for a current QI Project, we hope you will join us!
Requires registration.

SMM Webinar: November 20th-Virtual (Pending) the 4th webinar series on Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM). Dr. Connie Graves will be doing in-depth case reviews she has been a part of while looking at the SMM indicators present.

Webinar: RSV Prevention Summit: Practical Strategies and Expert Advice to Give Expectant Moms Webinar #1: December 5, 1 PM CT/2 PM ET in coordination with VUMC and TDH with a maternal focus.

Spinning Babies

TIPQC along with TDH MHI hosted three Spinning Babies Classes to 94 individuals from 28 hospitals and 12 doula organizations in September 2025. During these 8-hour, in person workshops, attendees learned the different balancing techniques, labor positioning techniques, and physiology to address stalls in labor to further support TN moms and babies in labor & delivery.

Minute for Improvement

Watch these short PSA's - A Minute for Improvement - to learn more about key topics related to TIPQC's Quality Improvement work and some resources related to each of the videos!

TIPQC’s Minute for Improvement: Respectful Screening for Substance Use Disorder

TIPQC’s Minute for Improvement: Respectful Language

TIPQC’s Minute for Improvement: Waiting Room Conversations (Discussing NTSV C-section)

TIPQC’s Minute for Improvement: Know the Signs (POST BIRTH Warning Signs)

Feel free to reach out if you want to use these on your own social media, in your hospital, or clinic and we can share the originals!

Georgia Cardiac Roundtable

Tanika Edwards, Dr. Hannah Dudney from TDH, and Brenda Barker learning from our Georgia colleagues at Hope For Georgia's Moms, along with Mary Lou Wilson, the PI for this work.

SUD Grand Rounds

Dr. Jessica Young doing Grand Rounds in Knoxville. TIPQC continues to offer Grand Rounds on SUD across the state. To learn more, contact Anastacia.Volz@TIPQC.org

News You Can Use

EJM: Spinning Babies® approach: A way to promote fetal head rotation during labor?

NWH: An Integrative Review Examining Barriers to Universal Screening for Substance Use in Pregnant Women

Reframing obstetric care through a trauma-informed lens: A narrative review of trauma-informed principles and clinical applications

AAP: Patterns of Infant Sleep and Care Practices: 2016–2020

AJOG: Characterization of the association between birth weight and severe postpartum hemorrhage in women with delivery at term

November Health Observances

National Prematurity Awareness Month

9th-15th: National Nurse Practitioner Week

20th: National Rural Health Day

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