Outreach, 06/2013, v.72

              OPQI OUTREACH: June 2013
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OUTREACH is the quarterly newsletter published by the Office of Perinatal Quality Improvement.
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In this issue . . .
Groups Announce Ambitious
Maternal Health Initiative
Oklahoma Ahead of the Game
Perinatal Quality Conference
featuring Dr. Elliott Main –
Going Beyond Every Week
Counts
OK Milk Bank Opens
Strip Teaser
OPQI Course Calendar
AWHONN IFMC
Aug. 6-7
AWHONN AFMC
Sept 11
STABLE
July 9
Oct. 8
NRP Instructor
Sept. 25
PCEP Coordinator
July 23-25
Upcoming Events
PostPartum Hemorrhage
Training
Groups Announce Ambitious
Maternal Health Initiative
Oklahoma Prepared to Respond with
Postpartum Hemorrhage Management Toolkit
Read the news release from ACOG and SMFM and
find out how Oklahoma is already prepared to
address one component of this initiative.
Washington, DC (May 10, 2013)-- The American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) and the Society for
Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) are pleased to announce the
Maternal Health Initiative, a large multi-group collaborative effort
aimed at reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in the US by
50% as well as reducing the racial and ethnic maternal health
disparities.
The Maternal Health Initiative stakeholders committed to work
together to establish, at every facility that provides maternity care
in the US, protocols that address the leading causes of maternal
harm or death, including hemorrhage, hypertension,
thromboembolism, cardiac disease, sepsis, and obesity.
“Implementing these protocols at each maternity facility nationwide
will reduce the risk of pregnancy complications and enable each
facility to respond more effectively when complications occur,” said
Brian M. Mercer, MD, president of SMFM and chair of ob-gyn at
MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
Oklahoma Ahead of the Game
In response to the current status of postpartum hemorrhage as the
second leading cause of maternal death, Oklahoma hospitals has
already expressed an interest in having a protocol based on best
practices and consistent processes.
Through the leadership of the Oklahoma Perinatal Nurses Forum
and with support and funding by Physicians Liability Insurance
Company, OU Health Sciences Center, and Oklahoma State
Department of Health an interdisciplinary and interagency
committee was formed to develop the Postpartum Hemorrhage
Toolkit and Education Module. All birthing hospitals in the
state are invited to join a cost-free initiative to
decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with postpartum
hemorrhage. This state-wide initiative includes a printed tool kit,
online education, and regional hospital training.