Current Projects
OB—Reducing Elective Deliveries before 39 Weeks
The 39 Week Elective Delivery Reduction project continues state-wide spread as the Tennessee Hospital Association’s Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) embraces and joins the project. The next joint webinar will be on May 29.
OB—TN Breastfeeding Promotion
This project is open for statewide enrollment. To enroll, please contact the TIPQC office. The next webinar will be on May 7.
NICU—Human Milk for NICU Infants Project
New aim, new year….join up or recommit to see new and continued improvements in this project. The next webinar is on May 8.
NICU—Family Involvement
This group has decided to meet monthly for webinars sharing best practices for engaging and supporting NICU families. All teams and interested families are welcome to join. Next webinar is scheduled for May 17.
NICU—Undetected CCHD Registry
Eleven babies were found in 2011 throughout the state who were initially discharged without a diagnosis of CCHD. We will continue keeping track of these undiagnosed infants in 2012 prior to the implementation of pulse oximetry screening.
PROJECTS BEING PILOTED
Hospital/Delivery Centers—Breastfeeding Promotion
The second informational webinar will be held on June 1, with a statewide “face-to-face” meeting being planned for July 20 in Nashville.
NICU—Follow Up Network
This project just received state IRB approval. Teams are completing applications/data agreements and local IRB or Quality Council approval, and will begin data collection in May.
PROJECTS BEING DEVELOPED
NICU–Golden Hour
The tool kit and data forms should be completed and submitted to IRB this month. The statewide kick off for this project is scheduled in Nashville for September 12.
NICU—Neonatal Abstinence Management
This toolkit is nearing completion and teams are reviewing data strategies.
OB—Maternal Mortality
The development team has zeroed in on post-partum hemorrhage as a first target for a statewide QI effort to address contributors to Maternal Mortality in Tennessee.
PROJECTS IN SUSTAINMENT
NICU—CLABSI Reduction
This project has gone into sustainment. Congratulations to all the teams! The group selected to develop a Phase 2 project centered around all BSIs. To begin Phase 2 development, we need two physician leaders, as well as 2-3 teams.
NICU–Admission Temperature Project
