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Best

For All

Through understanding of need and identifying areas for improvement, hospitals will integrate respectful patient care, address differences in patient outcomes, integrate standardized screening for conditions and policies affecting health with appropriate referrals, as well as discharge planning into the care plan, thus improving the overall patient experience and ensuring all patients have access to respectful care. 

“The TN Center for Patient Safety (TCPS) at THA enthusiastically supports TIPQC and Tennessee hospitals as we collectively work to improve maternal care and outcomes across the state.”

-Tammy Van Dyk, Sr. VP Quality and Patient Safety at TN Hospital Association

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QI Project Guidance
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2025 Impact Statement

Best for ALL Data Dashboard

Using this interactive dashboard, click on the fields below to review the collaborative’s key process and structure measures and a snapshot of Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) Survey Responses. 

Best for ALL

Hospital Awards

Celebrating Respectful-Patient Centered Care

The TN Maternal Mortality Report found differential treatment contributed to 37% of pregnancy-related deaths, most often linked to body size, race, or substance use disorder history (TN MMR, 2025), highlighting the need for targeted, system-level efforts to strengthen respectful, patient-centered maternity care.

In summer 2024, statewide teams launched work to improve patient experience, strengthen disaggregated data collection and review, and expand respectful care education. Over the 26-month project, 17 teams collected 2,199 PREM surveys and 1,210 written comments, noting both successes and opportunities (e.g., patient empowerment and environmental services). The statewide median PREM satisfaction score was 93.33%, and 76.5% of teams implemented 10 of 11 required process and structure measures.

Project Awards

Platinum level

Five (5) teams received Platinum level of distinction in the Best for ALL Project:

  1. Hardin Medical Center
  2. Maury Regional Medical Center
  3. Newport Medical Center
  4. Tristar Centennial Medical Center
  5. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Gold level

Seven (7) teams received Gold level of distinction in the Best for ALL Project:

  1. Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital
  2. Erlanger East Hospital
  3. Niswonger Children’s Hospital
  4. Regional One Health
  5. Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis
  6. Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
  7. Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital

Silver level

Three (3) teams received silver level of distinction in the Best for ALL Project:

  1. Cumberland Medical Center
  2. Erlanger Barroness Hospital
  3. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Bronze level

Three (3) teams received silver level of distinction in the Best for ALL Project:

  1. Covenant Health Morristown Hamblen Hospital 
  2. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

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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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