Through collaboration and coordination of high impact quality improvement initiatives, TIPQC works with healthcare providers, nurses, and other clinicians, patients and families, community partners, and public health leaders throughout the state to improve health outcomes for all moms and their infants. Read more about our current QI Projects by clicking below.

In 2020, TIPQC launched our first simulation trainings, where clinicians across the state could learn with our team of experts on best practices in infant and maternal care. 

Mental Health conditions, including substance use disorder, were the leading cause of pregnancy related deaths in Tennessee. TIPQC seeks to address this issue through trainings, networking, and educational opportunities throughout the state. Check out the Events Page for Summer 2025 training dates.

The TIPQC Community Resource Council aims to connect like-minded individuals, gather feedback from community organizations, and engage community leaders in Quality Improvement work.

POST-BIRTH women are at risk for potential life-threatening medical complications after hospital discharge. Provider training on dangerous POST-BIRTH Warning Signs and treatment, allowed TN hospitals to provide this patient education. 

Doulas play a significant role in improving health outcomes for moms and babies. TIPQC is traveling to five of the perinatal regions in the  Summer of 2025. In the summer of 2024 TIPQC traveled to each of the five Tennessee perinatal regions for a free, continuing education for doulas led by a Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician. 

Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM) refers to health-impacting and life-threatening complications of pregnancy, occurring during hospitalizations for childbirth. These complications carry significant short- and long-term physical, psychological, social, and financial consequences. Led by TN MFM’s, TIPQC hosts quarterly webinars with case reviews.