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ForwardPA PQC LEARNING SESSION - Peer-to-Peer Learning - Maternal Sepsis - April 2026 - JHF
In this facilitated Peer-to-Peer session, members of the care team will hear directly from other participating hospitals on strategegies, successes, barriers, and questions related to the AIM Maternal Sepsis bundle interventions and implementation.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Welcome – Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:10 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Peer-to-Peer Learning – Maternal Sepsis Interventions - Karena Moran, PhD, PA PQC QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager, Geisinger
Questions for Facilitated Discussion:
- How is your team using EMR for identification and follow-up?
- Screening tools
- Prompting alert (location vs. pregnancy status)
- Power plan / order sets
- How have you kept staff engaged in a low incidence topic like maternal sepsis?
- What are the core components of your maternal sepsis policy?
- Are you using any patient education materials other than handouts?
- How has your team/org gotten patients to share their stories/experiences?
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
• Discuss team successes and challenges in implementing Maternal Sepsis interventions
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
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 Audience Disclosure slides (001).pptx | 459.28 KB |
 Agenda PA PQC 4.8.26 Virtual Meeting_Sepsis Peer to Peer.docx | 62.66 KB |
 4.8.26 Virtual Session Presentation.pdf | 584.46 KB |
In this facilitated Peer-to-Peer session, members of the care team will hear directly from other participating hospitals on strategegies, successes, barriers, and questions related to the AIM Maternal Sepsis bundle interventions and implementation.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Welcome – Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:10 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Peer-to-Peer Learning – Maternal Sepsis Interventions - Karena Moran, PhD, PA PQC QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager, Geisinger
Questions for Facilitated Discussion:
- How is your team using EMR for identification and follow-up?
- Screening tools
- Prompting alert (location vs. pregnancy status)
- Power plan / order sets
- How have you kept staff engaged in a low incidence topic like maternal sepsis?
- What are the core components of your maternal sepsis policy?
- Are you using any patient education materials other than handouts?
- How has your team/org gotten patients to share their stories/experiences?
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
Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Karena Moran, PhD, PA PQC QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager, Geisinger
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 1.0 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 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 1.0 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.0 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
- 1.00 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.
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance