7:00 – 8:00 am

Check-in, Storyboard Set-Up, and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH; Tamela Milan-Alexander, MPPA Community Engagement Director, EverThrive Illinois
8:15 – 9:00 am

Decade of Success: Making a Difference for Illinois Mothers and Newborns – Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH; Justin Josephsen, MD; and Leslie Caldarelli, MD

Slides
9:00 – 9:45 am

No Quality without Equity: A Growing Movement to Address Maternal Disparities – Zsakeba Henderson, MD, FACOG Senior Vice President, MCH Impact; Chief Medical & Health Officer, March of Dimes

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9:45 – 10:00 am

Break
10:00 – 10:15 am

Planting the Seeds for the Next Neonatal Initiative as our BASIC Efforts Now Bloom – Justin Josephsen, MD and Leslie Calarelli, MD
10:15 – 10:45 am

Accelerating Upstream Together to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Infant Health Outcomes by 2030 – Michael D. Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP Associate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration

Slides
10:45 – 11:45 am
State Quality Collaborative Leaders Panel: National Perspectives on Improving Perinatal Care
- Lisa Kane Low, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN Michigan’s Obstetric Initiative (OBI)
- Susan Ford, MSN Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative
- Shannon Pursell, MPH Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative
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11:45 am – 12:00 pm

ILPQC QI Award Ceremony

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12:00 – 1:15 pm

Networking Lunch and QI Poster Session
1:15 – 1:45pm

Lessons Learned from Michigan’s Obstetric Initiative (OBI): Promoting Vaginal Birth and Birth Equity- Lisa Kane Low, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN Michigan’s Obstetric Initiative (OBI)

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1:45 – 2:30 pm
A Community Approach to Addressing Inequities in Infant Mortality
- Meredith Shockley-Smith, PhD Executive Director, Cradle Cincinnati; Field Service Assistant Professor-AFF, UCMC; Founder, Queens Village
- James M. Greenberg, MD Co-Director, Perinatal Institute; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
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2:30 – 2:45 pm

Break
2:45 – 4:15 pm
Break Out Sessions: We’re in the Same Room Again! Harnessing QI energy through our togetherness
- OB Teams Breakout Session– Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH; Zsakeba Henderson, MD, FACOG; Lisa Kane Low PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
  
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- Neonatal Teams Breakout Session– Leslie Caldarelli, MD, Justin Josephsen, MD, James M. Greenberg, MD Shannon Pursell, MPH
  
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- Patient, Family, and Community Engagement Breakout Session– Tamela Milan-Alexander; Meredith Shockley-Smith, PhD
  
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4:15 – 4:30 pm

Wrap-up and Evaluation

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