Over 250 healthcare professionals, families, and perinatal stakeholders participated in the 2017 10th Annual TIPQC Meeting on March 5-7, 2017 at the Cool Springs Marriott in Franklin, Tennessee. Conference speaker highlights included: Larry Shields, MD addressing Maternal Morbidity and OB Hemorrhage; Chrissie Blackburn on Realistic & Meaningful Patient & Family Engagement; Commissioner John Dreyzehner, MD; Stephen Patrick, MD, Nikki Zite, MD and Stephen Loyd, MD discussing Preventing Repeat Morbidity; Ashley Jeans, MPH on the Maternal Mortality Review, Michael Thompson, PhD the Evaluation of the Early Elective Delivery Project; Reddy Dhanireddy, MD and Tamara Wallace, DNP addressing NICU Nutrition. Numerous panels added to the depth of the local work and experiences, as well as workshops on Breastfeeding in Special Circumstances, OB Hemorrhage, Getting Ready for Neonatal Episodes of Care, Provider/Family Engagement, The Basics of QI for the Bedside Nurse, The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health, Gettting the Most from your VON data led by Erika Edwards, PhD, Antibiotic Stewardship, and NICU Nutrition. The Meeting concluded by the Oversight Committee Lunch, updates on TIPQC, the results of the project straw polling, and a generous donation from the Tennessee Perinatal Association.
Meeting Resources
Presentations
- Partnering with Patients and Families – Chrissie Blackburn, MHA
- The Basics of QI for the Bedside Nurse – Terri Crutcher, DNP, RN, Susie Leming-Lee, DNP
- Postnatal Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants – Reddy Dhanireddy, MD
- Commissioner’s Remarks – John Dreyzehner, MD
- TIPQC Neonatal Episode of Care – Erika Edwards, PhD, MPH
- TIPQC Presentation – Vaughn Frigon, MD
- Nutrition in the NICU – Ashraf Hamdan, MD
- Learning Through QI – NICU Nutrition – Malinda Harris, MD
- Considering AIM Participation for Tennessee – Cathy Ivory, PhD
- Maternal Mortality Review – Ashley Jeans, MPH
- Newborn Screening Data Indicators – Yinmei Li, MD, PhD, Margaret Majors
- Addiction Process and the Human Brain – Stephen Loyd, MD
- Reducing Antibiotic Usage – Faouzi Maalouf, MD
- Targets to Reduce Morbidity – Stephen Patrick, MD
- Reducing Severe Maternal Morbidity – Larry Shields, MD
- Standardize Treatment for Maternal Hemorrhage – Larry Shields, MD
- Impact of Tennessee Initiatives to Reduce Early Elective Deliveries – Michael Thompson, PhD
- The Practical Aspects of Feeding and how they affect Nutrition and Growth in the VLBW – Tami Wallace, DNP
- Preventing Repeat Morbidity – Nikki Zite, MD