PA PQC Virtual Learning Session PA MMRC Findings & Regional Breakouts

October 24, 2024

The webinar will bring share out the most recent MMRC and SMM findings, and regionally bring together the PA PQC hospital teams and the community based organizations for each area to potentially create new partnerships to provide mutual support for PQC initiatives, especially as mom and baby return to the community.

Agenda:

11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

11:05 p.m. to 11:35 a.m. – Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Pennsylvania: Unpacking the Data – Dr. Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

11:35 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. – Regional Breakouts

Northwest – facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Northeast – facilitated by Sara Nelis, RN

Southeast – facilitated by Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MS HSA, RN, Nurse Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Southwest – facilitated by Lisa Boyd, BA, PQC QI Coach & Data Manager, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Lehigh/Capitol – facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RNC-NIC, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Describe the most recent PA MMRC and SMM findings and recommendations.

Discuss regional-specific needs and topics, related to this year’s PA PQC focus areas of OUD (opioid use disorder), NAS (neonatal abstinence syndrome), obstetric sepsis, and safe sleep.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/24/2024
Course expires: 
01/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/24/2024 - 11:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/24/2024 - 12:30pm EDT

The webinar will bring share out the most recent MMRC and SMM findings, and regionally bring together the PA PQC hospital teams and the community based organizations for each area to potentially create new partnerships to provide mutual support for PQC initiatives, especially as mom and baby return to the community.

Agenda:

11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

11:05 p.m. to 11:35 a.m. – Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Pennsylvania: Unpacking the Data – Dr. Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

11:35 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. – Regional Breakouts

Northwest – facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Northeast – facilitated by Sara Nelis, RN

Southeast – facilitated by Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MS HSA, RN, Nurse Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Southwest – facilitated by Lisa Boyd, BA, PQC QI Coach & Data Manager, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Lehigh/Capitol – facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RNC-NIC, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Dr. Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MS HSA, RN, Nurse Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Lisa Boyd, BA, PQC QI Coach & Data Manager, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RNC-NIC, Quality Improvement Facilitator, 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 1.5 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 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 1.5 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

  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
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