OUR IMPACT
Key metrics and statistics around ILPQC’s impact (KPIs) are more than just numbers—they’re essential tools that help us measure progress, evaluate impact, and make informed decisions.


Equity and Safe Sleep for Infants
2024 – PRESENT
Teams are actively
implementing evidence- based key strategies to prevent infant deaths and reduce racial
disparities through a quality framework by addressing infant safe sleep environment,
racial equity, social determinants of health, and other contributing factors.

Birth Equity (BE)
2021 – PRESENT
Teams are actively implementing evidence-based key strategies to identify and address disparities, social determinants of health,
and bias; implement respectful care practices; engage patients and communities; and
promote birth equity. Teams are working on transitioning to sustainability.

Promoting Vaginal Birth
2021 – PRESENT
Teams are actively
implementing evidence-based key strategies to equitably achieve the Healthy People
2030 goal of a 23.6% or less cesarean delivery rate among Nulliparous, Term,
Singleton, Vertex (NTSV) births. Teams are working on transitioning to sustainability.

Babies Antibiotic Stewardship Improvement Collaborative (BASIC)
2021-2023
Decreased percent of newborns ≥ 35 weeks who received antibiotic from
5.67% to 3.83% (32% decrease) and increased percent of newborns with antibiotics
stopped by 36 hours from 47% to 71%.

Mothers And Newborns Affected By Opioids (MNO) OB & Neonatal
2018-2020
Increased percent of pregnant persons with Opioid Use Disorder
connected to MAT from 41% to 85% and coordinated discharge planning for Opioid
Exposed Newborns from 25% to 70%.

Immediate Postpartum Long-acting Reversible Contraception (IPLARC)
2018-2020
Increased access to immediate postpartum LARC in 100% of
teams, by supporting implementation of best practice protocols and simplifying
billing.

Improving Postpartum Access To Care (IPAC)
2019-2020
Improved
scheduling of early postpartum visits before delivery discharge from 2% to greater than
90% of patients. 90% of perinatal clinicians received education on maternal risk and
improving access to postpartum care.

Maternal Hypertension
2016-2017
Increased the percent of women with
severe maternal hypertension treated within 60 minutes from 41% to 85% and saw a
decrease in risk of death associated with hypertension from 15% to 9%.

Golden Hour
2015-2017
Increased the use of a checklist to improve use of best
practics in neonatal resuscitation care from 46% to 90%.

Birth Certificate Accuracy
2015
Increased overall birth certificate accuracy
to 95% on key data for perinatal outcomes.

Neonatal Nutrition
2014
Reduced time to key nutrition for newborns <1500
grams including total parenteral, lipids and enteric feeding.