Disaster Preparedness for NICU Infants Discharged Home on Equipment

Medical equipment companies providing home equipment to NICU babies can assist with disaster preparedness. The NICU should provide the family with a form letter to submit to the utility company and EMS service. Babies discharged home on equipment requiring electrical power need to work with their local electric providers to insure their care is not interrupted unexpectedly due to an outage failure. Remind families to do this. This simple step could prevent an emergent and life threatening situation.

Oversight Committee Accepting Applications

TIPQC is currently seeking 2 at-large Oversight Committee members to begin serving a 3-year term at the Annual TIPQC Meeting in March 2022. Board members provide oversight to the work of the TIPQC. For more information or if interested, please contact brenda.barker@tipqc.org.

First BabyScripts Recipient in Tennessee

BabyScripts Pilot Begins

“The addition of the BabyScripts pilot program has tremendously aided our providers in patient care and given our patients access to health promotion resources we’ve not been able to provide in the past. The ability to inform and manage in this innovative way has been very exciting and effective.”

-Dr. Danielle Tate, Regional One Health, Memphis

Speakers Bureau

Speakers are ready to visit your hospital or meeting virtually or in person. Last year the Speakers Bureau made 40 presentations to 1,173 healthcare providers on Safe Sleep, Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy, Opioid Exposed Newborns, Maternal Hemorrhage, Management of Acute Maternal Hypertension, Postpartum Mental Health, and Health Equity. All presentations were provided at no cost to hospitals and CME Credits were made available. To schedule a presentation contact steven.compton@tipqc.org.

Severe Maternal Hypertension Milestone Awards Announced

We are proud to announce these participating hospitals have been awarded the following milestone awards for their work on the Severe Maternal Hypertension Project. Congratulations to all our hospital teams for their hard work on this initiative.

Gold Award:

Erlanger Health System

Silver Award:

Blount Memorial Hospital
Methodist LeBonheur Germantown
Methodist South Hospital
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Bronze Award:

Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Maury Regional Medical Center
Regional One Health

*Recognition criteria can be found on our website.

OUD/OEN Learning Session

All of the Wave 2 OEN OUD teams joined with 55 colleagues from across the state for a Learning Session. Peer Recovery Coach Elaina Isabell was a highlight as she shared her personal journey, along with speakers Jennifer Colby, PhD discussing Opioid Toxicology; Haley Hershey, MPH with information on the Overdose Epidemic; Jona Bandyopadhyay, MD sharing MCO Care Management Services & transportation; Amy Koslick, MS discussed DCS Updates; Kara Ann Waitzman the regarding Neonatal Touch Massage; along with Theresa Scott, MS data regarding project data and disparities.
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October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month

CDC HEALTH ALERT

COVID-19 Vaccination for Pregnant People to Prevent Serious Illness, Deaths, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes from COVID-19

Registration

NOW OPEN

Trauma Informed Care Workshop
October 5

Vaccine
Webinar Series:

Vaccines in Pregnancy: The Challenges of COVID-19: Cornelia Graves, MD
October 15

"That was a great lecture with practical take home tools to use 'in the field' to help increase vaccination rates and build trust with families! Thanks for sponsoring the series!!"

Donna Whitney, MD

New Educational Videos Released

TIPQC has released three new Maternal Health educational videos. You can view them on our YouTube channel or website. These presentations are also eligible for CME credits.

Maternal Hemorrhage
Mgt of Acute Hypertension During Pregnancy
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

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