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ILPQC 12th Annual Conference

The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 | 8:00am – 4:30pm CST

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ILPQC 12th Annual Conference Agenda

  • 7:00 – 8:00 am

    Check-in, QI poster set up, and Continental Breakfast

  • 8:00 – 8:15 am

    Welcome

  • 8:15 – 9:00 am

    ILPQC Year in Review: Celebrating and Sustaining our Success

    Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH 

    Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, ILPQC 

    Leslie Caldarelli, MD 

    Neonatal Clinical Lead, ILPQC 

    Justin Josephsen, MD 

    Neonatal Clinical Lead, ILPQC 

  • 9:00 – 9:45 am

    Key Strategies for Integrating Perinatal Mental Health Care into Perinatal Practice 

    Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MEd, MPH  

    Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology 

    Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology 

    Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences 

    Medical Director, Lifeline for Moms 

    Obstetric Engagement Liaison, MCPAP for Moms 

  • 9:45 – 10:00 am

    Break

  • 10:00 – 10:45 am

    Perinatal Health Equity Rounds: A Solutions-oriented, Case-based Conference Series on Bias and Structural Racism

    Heather Hsu, MD MPH  

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center 

    Jamie Lim, MD 

    Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

  • 10:45 – 11:45

    State Quality Collaborative Leaders Panel: National Perspectives on Improving Perinatal Care 

    Barbara O’Brien, MS, RN  

    Director, Oklahoma Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative 

    Oklahoma Hospital Association 

    Estefania Rubio, MD, MPH 

    Associate Director for Healthcare Informatics and Data, Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative 

    Rolanda Lister, MD 

    Associate Professor, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine 

    Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

  • 11:45 am – 12:00 pm

    ILPQC Award Ceremony

  • 12:00 – 1:15 pm

    Networking Lunch and Poster Session

  • 1:15 – 2:15 pm

    Collaborating with Compassion: Strengthening Perinatal Care through Patient Voices 

    Autumn Mels DNP, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CNE  

    Obstetrical Outreach Nurse Educator  

    University of Chicago, Administrative Perinatal Center 

    ILPQC Obstetric Advisory Board member 

    MoMMAs Voices Patient Family Partner 

    David C. Coronado, MEd 

    Father of a NICU graduate 

    Eboni Dabney  

    MoMMAs Voices Patient Family Partner   

    A Mom Like ME Inc. 

    Tamela Milan-Alexander, MPPA  

    Community Engagement Director, Everthrive IL 

    ILPQC Obstetric Community Advisory Board member 

  • 2:15 – 2:30 pm

    Break

  • 2:30 – 4:00 pm

    Breakout Sessions: Getting Ready for 2025

    • OB Teams Breakout Session 
    • Neonatal Teams Breakout Session
    • ILPQC Patient Partners Breakout Session
  • 4:00 – 4:30 pm

    Wrap-up & Evaluation

    Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH 

    Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, ILPQC 

    Patricia Lee King, PhD, MSW 

    State Project Director and Quality Lead, ILPQC 

Access this year’s AC Slides here:

Year in Review Slides

Key Strategies for Integrating Perinatal Mental Health Care into Perinatal Practice

Perinatal Health Equity Rounds

OB Breakout Session

Neonatal Breakout Session

SSM Health: Joint Accreditation & CE Credit Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) and SSM Health. SSM Health 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, SSM Health 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.

Accredited continuing education credits will be awarded to physician, nurse, and social work attendees. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

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