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ForwardPA PQC Virtual Regional Session - UMWS and Regional Partnerships - November 12, 2025 - JHF
To provide an opportunity for collaboration and partnership of community partners and healthcare teams from birthing hospitals across PA. The session will focus on the recognition of Urgent Maternal Warning Signs, how partners can use this information to help support pregnant and post-partum individuals in the community, and identify ways hospital teams and community partners can best support each other.
To provide an opportunity for collaboration and partnership of community partners and healthcare teams from birthing hospitals across PA. The session will focus on the recognition of Urgent Maternal Warning Signs, how partners can use this information to help support pregnant and post-partum individuals in the community, and identify ways hospital teams and community partners can best support each other.
Agenda:
10:30 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. – Welcome – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health
10:35 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Training for Non-medical Social Service Providers – Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, PA PQC Advisory Co-Chair
11:05 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Sprint Overview and Future Collaboration– Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health
11:10 a.m. to 11:27 a.m. – PA PQC Sprint Peer-to-Peer Presentations– Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:27 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Region-Specific Breakouts for Collaboration
Northwest/Southwest – facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lead QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Northeast – facilitated by Karena Moran, PhD, QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager
Southeast – facilitated by Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, PA PQC Advisory Group Co-Chair
Lehigh/Capitol – facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
• Identify Urgent Maternal Warning Signs
• Discuss region-specific needs related to UMWS patient education and empowerment
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
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 Audience Disclosure slides (1.5)_4.pptx | 460.14 KB |
 Agenda PA PQC 11.12.25 Virtual Meeting.pdf | 571.1 KB |
| 11.12.25 Virtual Session.pdf | 3.57 MB |
To provide an opportunity for collaboration and partnership of community partners and healthcare teams from birthing hospitals across PA. The session will focus on the recognition of Urgent Maternal Warning Signs, how partners can use this information to help support pregnant and post-partum individuals in the community, and identify ways hospital teams and community partners can best support each other.
Agenda:
10:30 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. – Welcome – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health
10:35 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Training for Non-medical Social Service Providers – Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, PA PQC Advisory Co-Chair
11:05 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Sprint Overview and Future Collaboration– Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health
11:10 a.m. to 11:27 a.m. – PA PQC Sprint Peer-to-Peer Presentations– Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:27 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Region-Specific Breakouts for Collaboration
Northwest/Southwest – facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lead QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Northeast – facilitated by Karena Moran, PhD, QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager
Southeast – facilitated by Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, PA PQC Advisory Group Co-Chair
Lehigh/Capitol – facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health
Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, PA PQC Advisory Co-Chair
Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Karena Moran, PhD, QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager
Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Kristen Brenneman, MSN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 1.5 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.5 contact hours.
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
- 1.50 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.
- 1.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.50 ASWB
- 1.50 Attendance