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Years Active: 2020-2022

Tennessee AIM: Severe

Maternal Hypertension

PROJECT AIM:

To reduce the rate of severe morbidities in pregnant and postpartum women with severe hypertension by 20% by December 2021.

TARGET POPULATION: Pregnant and postpartum women (up to 6 weeks) that present to L&D, Triage, ED, Antepartum, or Postpartum that have an elevated blood pressure of ≥160 systolic and/or ≥110 diastolic twice within 15 minutes. Patients with chronic/gestational HTN should also be included.

IMpact Statement

Active Participating

Hospital Teams

  • Baptist Memorial for Women
  • Blount Memorial Hospital
  • Cookeville Regional Medical Center
  • Erlanger Medical Center
  • Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
  • Maury Regional Medical Center
  • Methodist LeBonheur Germantown
  • Methodist South Hospital
  • Regional One Health
  • St. Thomas Midtown
  • St. Thomas Rutherford
  • UT Medical Center, Knoxville
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • West Tennessee HealthCare Dyersburg

State Project Leaders

Danielle Tate, MD, MBA and Connie Graves, MD led this project. 

Dr. Tate is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist at the Baptist Memorial System and the TIPQC Maternal Medical Director.

Dr. Graves has been involved with TIPQC since its inception and is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist.  Dr. Graves is the Medical Director, Tennessee Maternal Fetal Medicine, Director of Perinatal Services, St. Thomas Health, Co-Director of the Comprehensive Perinatal Cardiac Clinic, St. Thomas Health, Professor – University of Tennessee, Clinical Professor – Vanderbilt University, and Adjunct Professor – Meharry Medical College.  She also serves on many state and national boards and is widely published. 

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