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Making Illinois the Best Place to Give Birth and be Born

Over 95%

Birthing hospitals participating in one or more statewide quality improvement initiatives.

99%

Percent of births covered by hospitals participating in ILPQC initiatives.

100%

Neonatal intensive care units participating in ILPQC initiatives.

ILPQC 12th Annual Conference

ILPQC is thrilled to announce REGISTRATION is NOW OPEN for the 12th Annual Conference. The in-person event will be held on Wednesday, October 30th at the Westin Lombard, IL.


Click here to Register TODAY (closes 10/11/2024)! & Reserve your Hotel Room.

Registration will close by Friday, October 11th or once capacity is met. Due to conference space requirements, we are unable to accept on-site registrations. Please note that refunds will be honored until Tuesday, October 29th.


Join us for a day of engaging presentations, rewarding breakout sessions, and networking opportunities with fellow experts in the field. Don’t miss this chance to contribute to meaningful change and collaborate with others passionate about perinatal health. Together, we’ll celebrate accomplishments, share best practices across our statewide QI initiatives: Birth Equity (BE), Equity and Safe Sleep for Infants (ESSI), Promoting Vaginal Birth (PVB), and Perinatal Mental Health (PMH), and work towards enhancing the quality of care for birthing people and their newborns in Illinois.

Register today and receive the ILPQC Regular Registration Rate, available until 10/11/2024.

Make sure your provider champion, nurse champion, QI team, and patient/parent partner are registered to attend together to collaborate with other QI teams!



Who We Are

ILPQC is a statewide network of perinatal
clinicians, nurses, hospitals, patients, public
health leaders and policymakers that aims
to equitably improve outcomes and reduce
disparities for mothers and babies across
Illinois.



What We Do

ILPQC works closely with the Illinois Department of Public Health Regionalized Perinatal System, state health agencies, associations, and advocacy groups to improve obstetric and neonatal care to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.

Active Initiatives


Birth Equity (BE) Initiative

Hospital teams across Illinois facilitate systems and culture change to support conditions of optimal births for all people to address maternal disparities and promote birth equity.

Equity and Safe Sleep for Infants (ESSI) Initiative

Building upon the foundational work of the ILPQC Birth Equity initiative, hospital teams across Illinois will promote neonatal equity, address racial and social inequities, and seek to reduce neonatal health disparities in sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) related to the sleep environment.  

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Recent News


Illinois Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Report (October 2023)

Illinois Infant Mortality Report (December 2020)