Essential Best Practices for Newborn Care: Ensuring Healthy Beginnings Through Comprehensive Care_Enduring

Pediatric Collaborative Event CME webinar. The quality team at the health plan facilitates a biannual pediatric collaborative webinar with 1 CME being offered for physicians and nurses.

Target Audience

This course is designed for physicians, nurses, and clinical staff.

Learning Objectives

 
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Describe the key principles of newborn care, including an overview of essential newborn care practices that promote health and safety.
  • Identify opportunities to standardize newborn discharge practices
  • Evaluate barriers to safe sleep anticipatory guidance
  • Explain the newborn HEDIS measures and follow up post discharge
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/21/2025
Course expires: 
05/22/2028
Part of: 
UPMC Health Plan - Pediatric Collaborative Call

Course Directors:

  • Robert Rutkowski, MD, FAAP - Senior Medical Director Practice Transformation, UPMC Health Plan 
  • Johanna Vidal-Phelan, MD, MBA, FAAP -  Senior Medical Director of Quality and Pediatrics, Insurance Division, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Planning Committee Members:

  • Sandy Miller - Senior Manager at UPMC Health Plan | Quality Improvement
  • Gysella Muniz Pujalt, MD, MBA FAAP -  Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Newborn Nursery Service, UPMC Magee-Womens ,Hospital, Regional Director, Quality Newborn Care, UPMC
  • Debra Zeh, RN, BSN - Senior Director Quality Improvement, Provider Performance​, UPMC Health Plan​

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE
Dr. Muniz Pujalt receives grant/research support from Vaxcyte and GSK.

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT
The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

 

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In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.
 
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
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