PA PQC QI Collaborative Virtual Session December 16, 2020

December 16, 2020

PA PQC Learning Session via Zoom
Wednesday, December 16
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

 

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – PA PQC Successes, Developments, & 2021 Priorities – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF)

8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. – Analysis of 2013-2018 Pregnancy-Associated Deaths in Pennsylvania – Carolyn Byrnes, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Health, PA Department of Health (DOH)

9:10 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. – Analysis of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Data & Implications for OB/GYNs – Jared Shinabery, Director of the Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention, PA DOH

9:40 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Spotlight on PA PQC Key Interventions: SUD Screening & Increasing Access to Immediate Postpartum LARC – Adi Hirshberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Erika Nicholls, BSN, RNC-EFM, Interim Clinical Practice Leader L&D, Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Danielle Johnson, DO, Director of Family Planning, St Luke's University Health Network

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Adopting the Principles of the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) Approach for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) – Matthew Grossman, MD, Vice Chair for Quality, Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, and Quality and Safety Officer, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

11:00 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Break

11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. – Implementing the AIM Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Bundle: The Why and the How – Elliott Main, MD, Medical Director, CA Maternal Quality Care Collaborative

12:10 p.m. to 12:25 p.m. – Spotlight on Community Resources: WIC – Lisa Matt, WIC Program Manager, Allegheny County; Shannon Hayward, Vice President of Service Delivery Operations, Maternal and Family Health Services; Will Cramer, Director of the Bureau of WIC, PA DOH

12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Wrap Up & Next Steps – Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, JHF

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Describe the findings from the analysis of the 2013-2018 Pregnancy-Associated Deaths in Pennsylvania and the connections to the PA PQC’s priorities for 2021

Discuss the OB/GYN-related findings from the PA Prescription Drug Monitoring Program’s data and its implications 

Describe how to adopt the Eat, Sleep, Console approach to NAS care and problem-solve common barriers related to implementing this approach

Describe lessons learned and tactics for breaking through barriers related to implementing the AIM Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Bundle

Describe WIC services and how to improve collaboration with and referrals to WIC.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 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.
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 ASWB
  • 4.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
12/16/2020
Course expires: 
02/28/2021
Event starts: 
12/16/2020 - 8:30am EST
Event ends: 
12/16/2020 - 12:30pm EST

PA PQC Learning Session via Zoom
Wednesday, December 16
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – PA PQC Successes, Developments, & 2021 Priorities – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF)

8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. – Analysis of 2013-2018 Pregnancy-Associated Deaths in Pennsylvania – Carolyn Byrnes, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Health, PA Department of Health (DOH)

9:10 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. – Analysis of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Data & Implications for OB/GYNs – Jared Shinabery, Director of the Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention, PA DOH

9:40 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Spotlight on PA PQC Key Interventions: SUD Screening & Increasing Access to Immediate Postpartum LARC – Adi Hirshberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Erika Nicholls, BSN, RNC-EFM, Interim Clinical Practice Leader L&D, Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Danielle Johnson, DO, Director of Family Planning, St Luke's University Health Network

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Adopting the Principles of the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) Approach for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) – Matthew Grossman, MD, Vice Chair for Quality, Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, and Quality and Safety Officer, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

11:00 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Break

11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. – Implementing the AIM Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Bundle: The Why and the How – Elliott Main, MD, Medical Director, CA Maternal Quality Care Collaborative

12:10 p.m. to 12:25 p.m. – Spotlight on Community Resources: WIC – Lisa Matt, WIC Program Manager, Allegheny County; Shannon Hayward, Vice President of Service Delivery Operations, Maternal and Family Health Services; Will Cramer, Director of the Bureau of WIC, PA DOH

12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Wrap Up & Next Steps – Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, JHF

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF)

Carolyn Byrnes, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Health, PA Department of Health (DOH)

Jared Shinabery, Director of the Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention, PA DOH

Adi Hirshberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Erika Nicholls, BSN, RNC-EFM, Interim Clinical Practice Leader L&D, Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania;

Danielle Johnson, DO, Director of Family Planning, St Luke's University Health Network

Matthew Grossman, MD, Vice Chair for Quality, Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, and Quality and Safety Officer, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

Elliott Main, MD, Medical Director, CA Maternal Quality Care Collaborative

Lisa Matt, WIC Program Manager, Allegheny County

Shannon Hayward, Vice President of Service Delivery Operations, Maternal and Family Health Services

Will Cramer, Director of the Bureau of WIC, PA DOH

Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, JHF

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 4.0 continuing education credits.

Available Credit

  • 4.00 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.
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 ASWB
  • 4.00 Attendance
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