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Care of the

Late PreTerm Infant

This project will work to improve the care of the Late Preterm infant through use of a discharge readiness checklist specific to this gestational age. 

Intro
PROJECT APPLICATION

Intro

According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics from 2022, 6.5% of live births were in the late preterm gestational age range, up from 5.7% in 2014. In 2024, 8.1% of infants were born late preterm in Tennessee and in 2015 this rate was 7.9%.  

This project is still in development. Check back soon for additional information.

Project

Application

The following application components must be completed before your project team will be approved to participate in this inter-institutional QI project:

It should be noted that execution of the TIPQC Participation and Data Use Agreement (DUA) with TIPQC is required prior to approval of your facility for this project application. Many facilities have already completed this step. It is only required once and is applicable to all projects.

It is recommended that the “day to day” project team member (i.e. key contact person) complete this application.

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Designate key project team members
Designate data access rights
Designate additional project team members
Obtain necessary signatures

Hospital

Teams

This project is open to any hospital with a newborn nursery or NICU. TIPQC is actively recruiting pilots for the Late Preterm Infant project. If you are interested in becoming a pilot site, start your application by clicking the button below. 

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State Project Leaders

Karen Schetzina, MD, MPH, the State TIPQC Infant Medical Director from Niswonger Children’s Hospital and Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Child and Family Health Institute at East Tennessee State University.

Diane Attardi, MD, FAAP

Courtney Gutman, MD

Christine Krier, DO

Kelley McManigle, DO

Patricia Scott, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, C-NPT

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Involved.

TIPQC is actively recruiting devoted health care professionals, community leaders and patient and family partners to further our mission of improving health outcomes for mothers and babies in Tennessee.

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