Cardiac conditions are the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths and disproportionately affect non-Hispanic Black people – and 80% of all pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, regardless of cause.

TeamBirth is a joint project endeavor with TIPQC and Ariadne Labs supporting open communication among patients, their support people, and clinicians during birth.

The Best for All Learning Collaborative will focus on respectful patient care, standardized Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) screening with appropriate referrals, and improve patient satisfaction.

To promote safe vaginal delivery for ALL in the birthing population presenting with a nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex pregnancy (NTSV) and thus decrease NTSV cesarean delivery rates to <23.6% in all participating Tennessee birthing facilities by Summer 2024.

Babies born at 29.6 gestation weeks (or less) inherently have more risk for neurological, respiratory, gastrointestinal and acquiring an infection while in hospital. We have a series of projects underway to improve their care and resulting outcomes.

The first project in the Tennessee Tiniest Baby Bundle is the prevention of severe intraventricular hemorrhage (sIVH).  Intraventricular hemorrhage is bleeding inside or around the ventricles of the brain.

Tennessee’s tiniest babies have fragile and still maturing lungs. Improving their odds of avoiding Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia is the second project in the Tennessee Tiniest Baby Bundle.

Learn more about the years of collaboration on a variety of projects to help improve the perinatal and neonatal care for Tennessee – and beyond.