Promotion of Safe
Vaginal Deliveries
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% (Healthy People Goal 2030)[9] in all participating Tennessee birthing facilities by Summer 2024. This project will include a special focus on the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) population which data shows has greater disparities in this outcome.
Target Population
Nulliparous birthing patients with a term, singleton baby in a vertex presentation:
- Nulliparous = first delivery/birth or Para Zero (Para Zero defined as no history of a previous pregnancy that reached at least 20 weeks gestation),
- Term = ≥37 weeks gestation,
- Singleton = no twins or beyond,
- Vertex position = Cephalic position; no breech or transverse positions.
This population is also known as the NTSV population.
Promotion of Safe Vaginal Deliveries
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- Ascension St Thomas Midtown*
- Ballad Health Bristol Regional Medical Center
- Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union City
- Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women*
- Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton
- Cookeville Regional Medical Center
- Erlanger East
- Erlanger Health System
- Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
- Franklin Woods Community Hospital
- Greeneville Community Hospital
- Hardin Medical Center
- Indian Path Community Hospital
- Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital
- LeConte Medical Center
- Maury Regional Medical Center
- Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital
- Methodist Medical Center Oak Ridge
- Morristown Hamblen Healthcare System
- Newport Medical Center
- Niswonger/Johnson City Medical Center
- Parkwest Medical Center
- Regional One Health*
- Riverview Regional Medical Center
- Stonecrest Medical Center*
- Sumner Regional Medical Center
- Tennova North Knoxville Medical Center
- Tristar Centennial Medical Center*
- Tristar Horizon Medical Center
- Tristar NorthCrest Medical Center
- University of Tennessee Medical Center*
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
- West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Martin Hospital
*Denotes a Pilot Team
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. She is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center 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.
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.