PA PQC - Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Sprint - Session #5 - Finale - JHF

October 15, 2025

The Urgent Maternal Warning Signs (UMWS) Sprint is designed to help teams develop effective processes to provide patient education focused on general life-threatening pregnancy and postpartum complications and early warning signs, including sepsis signs and symptoms other than fever, and instructions for who to notify with concerns. The final sprint session will focus on strategies for identifying next steps for implementation or sustainment, with an emphasis on measurement and staff feedback.

Agenda:

11:00 a.m. to 11:03 a.m. – Welcome – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

11:03 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Sprint Summary – Hadar Re’em, BA, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

11:15 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. – Long-term Planning for Sustainment – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT

11:20 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Peer-to-peer Sharing- Karena Moran, PhD, QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager

  • Sharing accomplishments and next steps
  • Sprint assessment

11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Lisa Boyd, BA, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify plan for assessment of the UMWS Sprint in your hospital.
  2. Discuss how to develop long-term plans to integrate UMWS handouts into standard discharge protocols.

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Course summary
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 ANCC
    UPMC 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
Course opens: 
10/15/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/15/2025 - 11:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/15/2025 - 12:00pm EDT
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The Urgent Maternal Warning Signs (UMWS) Sprint is designed to help teams develop effective processes to provide patient education focused on general life-threatening pregnancy and postpartum complications and early warning signs, including sepsis signs and symptoms other than fever, and instructions for who to notify with concerns. The final sprint session will focus on strategies for identifying next steps for implementation or sustainment, with an emphasis on measurement and staff feedback.

Agenda:

11:00 a.m. to 11:03 a.m. – Welcome – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

11:03 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Sprint Summary – Hadar Re’em, BA, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

11:15 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. – Long-term Planning for Sustainment – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT

11:20 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Peer-to-peer Sharing- Karena Moran, PhD, QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager

  • Sharing accomplishments and next steps
  • Sprint assessment

11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Lisa Boyd, BA, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Hadar Re’em, BA, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Karena Moran, PhD, QI Coach and NEPaPQC Manager

Lisa Boyd, BA, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, 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 1.0 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 ANCC
    UPMC 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
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