Making Illinois the Best Place to Give Birth and be Born

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

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Neonatal intensive care units participating in ILPQC initiatives.

Registration Open for the ILPQC Face-to-Face Meeting in Springfield, IL on May 21st and 22nd at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel!

View the 2025 Face-to-Face Webpage here to learn more.

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.

Promoting Vaginal Birth (PVB) Initiative

Hospital teams across Illinois implement new protocols that promote and support vaginal birth; developing standardized processes for induction and labor support; and developing standardized protocols for identification and response to labor challenges/abnormalities.

Babies Antibiotic Stewardship Improvement Collaborative (BASIC) Initiative

Hospital teams across Illinois are implementing new protocols to provide the right antibiotics to the right babies for the right length of time.

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Registration Open for the ILPQC Face-to-Face Meeting in Springfield, IL on May 21st and 22nd at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel!

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Recent News

Illinois Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Report (October 2023)

Illinois Infant Mortality Report (September 2024)