The assembled physicians, nurses and social workers will hear about best practices from other PA PQC teams who we have highlighted for their quality improvements in prioritizing their goals, implementing interventions and sharing their improvements with their team for continued engagement. We have introduced the Early intervention program in an earlier session, now we will show how a workflow can be created that involves an Early Intervention office and one of their local hospitals to improve communication.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – PA PQC Successes and Future Directions – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF)

8:40 am. to 9:00 a.m. – Updated PA PQC Substance Use and Substance Exposed Newborn (SEN) Driver Diagrams – PA PQC Substance Use and SEN Work Group Chairs 

PA PQC Substance Use Work Group Chairs: 
⦁    Franca Dalibor, CRS, Peer Engagement Specialist, Geisinger Health System
⦁    Elizabeth Krans, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
PA PQC SEN Work Group Chairs: 
⦁    Kimberly Costello, DO, NICU Medical Director, St Luke's University Health Network; 

9:00 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. – The PA PQC’s Collective Statewide Impact and 2022 Priorities – PA Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Secretary Jen Smith, PA Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam, PA Department of Human Services Acting Secretary Meg Snead, and PA Physician General 
Dr. Denise Johnson 

9:20 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. – PA PQC Health Care Team Panel – Doylestown Hospital, UPMC Williamsport, and Wayne Memorial

A panel of PA PQC health care teams will review how they set goals, implemented key interventions, and tracked outcomes to improve care for maternal OUD and NAS and increase access to IPLARC.

10:05 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Closing the Loop on Early Intervention Referrals from Neonatal Health Care Teams – 

Samantha Caimi, AmeriCorps VISTA, Philadelphia Infant Toddler Early Intervention, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services
Gianna Pelletier, Philadelphia Infant Toddler, Early Intervention Intake Specialist, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services,

and 

Kelly Convery, BSN, RN, IBCLC, ​​Clinical Nurse & Interim QI Data Abstractor/Analyst, Sharon L. Silks, MSN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC, Assistant Nurse Manager, HUP and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, Neonatologist, Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Strategies in Response to Secondary Trauma and Burnout – Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV); Michelle Cooper, Technical Assistance & Education Manager, PCADV

11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. – PA PQC 2022 Initiative Breakouts 

Each PA PQC learning session participant will join one of the following virtual breakouts that pertains to their PA PQC quality improvement initiative. 

Substance Exposed Newborn (SEN) & NAS Breakout – PA PQC SEN Work Group Chairs

The PA PQC health care teams will review the updated SEN Driver Diagram, identify the key interventions their team is implementing or now sustaining, and consider the key interventions their team would like to prioritize for 2022. There will also be time for peer-to-peer learning. 

Maternal Substance Use and OUD Breakout – PA PQC Substance Use Work Group Chairs

The PA PQC teams will review the updated maternal Substance Use Driver Diagram, identify the key interventions their team is implementing or sustaining, and consider the key interventions their team would like to prioritize for 2022. There will also be time for peer-to-peer learning. 

Immediate Postpartum LARC (IPLARC) Breakout – Maya Oaks, Director of Reproductive Health Programs, ACOG; Nisha Verma, MD Darney-Landy ACOG Fellow 

This breakout will focus on patient-centered strategies for educating patients who have misconceptions about Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC). 

Moving on Maternal Depression (MOMD) Breakout – PA PQC Facilitators

This breakout will provide an opportunity to reflect on the strategies presented during the December 2 MOMD session about how to share information between maternity and mental health care teams. The MOMD health care teams will also discuss how they are planning to incorporate these strategies into their MOMD quality improvement initiatives. 

PA AIM Severe Hypertension and Racial/Ethnic Disparities Breakout – 
Adriane Burgess PhD, RNC-OB, CCE, CNE, C-ONQS, Director, Quality Improvement-Service Lines (Women and Children, Primary Care, Oncology), Ob/Gyn Residency Research Director, WellSpan Health

The breakout will provide a review of select AIM Severe Hypertension Bundle Components from WellSpan as well as provide a peer-to-peer learning space for the PA PQC health care teams participating in the PA AIM initiative. 

12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Wrap-Up & Next Steps – Pauline Taylor, Program Specialist, Jewish Healthcare Foundation