The Learning Session will bring to the assembled physicians, nurses, social workers, hospital leadership and other clinical staff the knowledge that there are Centers of Excellence in their communities and they can be referred to as a resource for pregnant people identified via Substance Use Disorder screenings. All of the PA PQC hospital teams can benefit from more knowledge around how to integrate health equity into their hospital operations especially as they are more aware of inequality when they review race/ethnicity data for their sites. The benefits of early intervention and how community organizations can improve the social determinants of health for families will provide guidance and resources to the hospital teams.

Agenda

8:30- 8:45  PA PQC Successes, Developments, & Updates – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF)  

8:45- 9:15 am  Centers Of Excellence Panel

⦁    Maria Kolcharno, MSW, LSW, Director of Addiction Services, The Wright Center for Community Health
⦁    Alice Fischer, Care Coordination Manager, Maternal Addiction Treatment Education and Research Jefferson Health, Jefferson University Hospital 

9:15 am – 10:15 am  DHS Speaker on Early Invention, followed by a Community Spotlight – Lisa Parker, Bureau Director, Office of Child Development and Early Learning 

10:15 am – 11:15 am  Integration of Health Equity into Hospital Operations –  John (JC) Cowden, MD, MPH, Children’s Mercy Kansas City 

11:15 am – 11:25 am Break

11:25 am – 12:25 pm PA PQC Initiative Breakouts – Facilitated by QI coaches

NAS Breakout 

Maternal OUD Breakout 

Immediate Postpartum LARC Breakout 

Moving on Maternal Depression (MOMD) Breakout

PA AIM Severe Hypertension and Racial/Ethnic Disparities Breakout 

12:25 – 12:30 pm Wrap-Up & Next Steps – Pauline Taylor, Program Specialist, JHF