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ILPQC 2023 OB & Neonatal Face-to-Face Meetings

President Abraham Lincoln Springfield – a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel | May 24-25, 2023
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Welcome to the ILPQC 2023 Face-to-Face Webpage!

Calling all nurses, providers, staff, and public health professionals: Registration is now OPEN for the first IN-PERSON ILPQC OB & Neonatal Face-to-Face meetings since 2019!

OB Face-to-Face: Wednesday, May 24th: Meeting 9:00am – 4:00pm

Neonatal Face-to-Face: Thursday, May 25th: Meeting 9:00am – 3:30pm​

Hotel Information

The 2023 ILPQC OB & Neonatal Face-to-Face Meetings will be held at the President Abraham Lincoln Springfield – a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel.

701 East Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701

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OB & Neonatal Storyboard Templates

OB Storyboard Template

Calling all OB teams! Access the OB storyboard template below.
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Neonatal Storyboard Template

Calling all Neonatal teams! Access the Neonatal storyboard template below.
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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.

SSM Health Designates this live activity a maximum of 5.25 (on OB Day, May 24th) and/or 5.00 (on Neonatal Day, May 25th) ANCC Contact Hours, social workers completing this course receive 5.25 (on OB Day, May 24th) and/or 5.00 (on Neonatal Day, May 25th) continuing education credits and 5.25 (on OB Day, May 24th) and/or 5.00 (on Neonatal Day, May 25th) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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ILPQC 2023 OB Face-to-Face Agenda

  • 9:00 – 9:10 am

    Welcome and Overview of Day

    Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH

    Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, ILPQC

  • 9:10 – 9:40 am

    Working Together in 2023

    Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH

    Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, ILPQC

  • 9:40 – 10:25 am

    Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC): Achieving Safe, Equitable, and Dignified Births

    Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MAS, FACOG

    Medical Director, Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative and Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review 

  • 10:25 – 10:35 am

    Break

  • 10:35 – 11:25 am

    Hospital Teams Panel: Sharing Approaches that Make a Difference

    BE: Mercyhealth Javon Bea-Riverside, Rockford, IL – Laura Smith, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM 

    BE:  SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO – Elena Jenkins, RN, BSN 

    PVB: University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago IL – Anna Marzano, RN, BSN, CBC, C-EFM and Abbe Kordik, MD, FACOG 

    PVB: FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, IL – Danielle Wittig, BSN, RN and Keri Schubert, BSN, RNC-MNN 

  • 11:25 – 11:35 am
  • 11:35 am – 12:15 pm

    Team Storyboard Session

  • 12:15 – 12:45 pm

    Networking Lunch

  • 12:45 – 1:45 pm

    Engaging Patient/Community Partners to Optimize Birth Equity

    Dr. Ebony Carter, MD, MPH

    St. Louis Integrated Health Network – EleVATE  and Washington University School of Medicine

    Cheron Phillips and Richelle Smith 

    St. Louis Integrated Health Network – EleVATE 

  • 1:45 – 2:00 pm

    Transition to Breakout Sessions & Break

  • 2:00 – 2:45 pm

    Breakout Session 1

    Topics:

    • PVB: Checklist and Huddles Strategies that Promote Shared Decision Making
    • PVB: Sharing Provider Data & Using Data to Drive QI
    • PVB: Implementing Fallout Reviews and Sharing Results with Clinical Team Members
    • BE/PVB: Stratify your NTSV data and Actively Address Disparities
    • BE: Social Determinants of Health Screening & Linkage to Resources
    • BE: Active Implementation of Respectful Care Practices and the PREM Survey
    • BE: Moving Patient and Community Engagement Forward at your Hospital
    • MNO-OB: New Resources to Address Maternal Overdose Deaths and Sustain Optimal OUD Care

    Co-facilitated by IL perinatal network administrators, educators, providers and nurses  

  • 2:45 – 3:00 pm

    Transition & Break

  • 3:00 – 3:45 pm

    Breakout Session 2

    *See Breakout Session 1 Topics*

    Co-facilitated by IL perinatal network administrators, educators, providers and nurses  

  • 3:45 – 4:00 pm

    Wrap-Up & Next Steps for 2023

    Ann Borders, MD, MSc, MPH 

    Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, ILPQC  

ILPQC 2023 Neonatal Face-to-Face Agenda

  • 9:00 – 9:15 am

    Welcome and Overview of Day

    Justin Josephsen, MD and Leslie Caldarelli, MD

    Neonatal Clinical Co-Leads, ILPQC 

  • 9:15 – 9:45 am

    Celebration of a Successful BASIC Initiative

    Justin Josephsen, MD and Leslie Caldarelli, MD

    Neonatal Clinical Co-Leads, ILPQC 

  • 9:45 – 10:25 am

    Team Storyboard Session: Opportunity to Share and Learn

  • 10:25 – 11:10 am

    Health Equity for Infants: Start Where You Are

    Stacy D. Scott, Ph.D., MPA, GCSJ 

    VP, Health Equity Innovation of National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) 

  • 11:10 – 11:55 am

    Data Driven Approaches to SUID Prevention: from Surveillance to Safe Sleep

    Kyran Quinlan, MD, MPH  

    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College 

    Principal Investigator for the CDC SUID Case Registry for Cook County 

    Gina Lowell, MD, MPH 

    Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College 

    Co-Investigator for the CDC SUID Case Registry for Cook County 

  • 11:55 am – 12:30 pm

    Networking Lunch

  • 12:30 – 1:20 pm

    Setting the Stage for the Equity and Safe Sleep in Infants (ESSI) Initiative

    Leslie Caldarelli, MD; Justin Josephsen, MD; Ashley Horne, MSPH 

  • 1:20 – 1:30 pm

    Transition to Breakout Sessions

  • 1:30 – 2:15 pm

    Breakout Session 1

    Topics:

    • Building Sleep Safety for Infants in Illinois
    • Newborn Equity in a Quality Improvement Framework

    Co-facilitated by IL perinatal network administrators, educators, providers and nurses   

  • 2:15 – 2:30 pm

    Transition & Break

  • 2:30 – 3:15 pm

    Breakout Session 2

    *See Breakout Session 1 Topics*

    Co-facilitated by IL perinatal network administrators, educators, providers and nurses   

  • 3:15 – 3:30 pm

    Wrap-Up & Next Steps for 2023

    Justin Josephsen, MD and Leslie Caldarelli, MD  

    Neonatal Clinical Co-Leads, ILPQC 

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2023 Keynote Speakers

Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MAS, FACOG

Medical Director, Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative and Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review

Dr. Ebony Carter, MD, MPH

St. Louis Integrated Health Network – EleVATE, Associate Professor, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine Chief, Division of Clinical Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Richelle Smith

St. Louis Integrated Health Network – EleVATE

Cheron Philips

St. Louis Integrated Health Network – EleVATE

Stacy D. Scott, Ph.D., MPA, GCSJ

VP, Health Equity Innovation of National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ)

Kyran Quinlan, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College Principal Investigator for the CDC SUID Case Registry for Cook County

Gina Lowell, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College Principal Investigator for the CDC SUID Case Registry for Cook County

Elena Jenkins, RN, BSN

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Anna Marzano, RN, BSN, CBC, C-EFM

University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago IL

Abbe Kordik, MD, FACOG

University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago IL

Laura Smith, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Mercyhealth Javon Bea-Riverside, Rockford IL

Danielle Wittig, BSN, RN

FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, IL

Keri Schubert, BSN, RNC-MNN

FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, IL

Ashley Horne, MSPH

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)

OB Day Breakout Session Resources

Neonatal Day Breakout Session Resources

  • Building Sleep Safety for Infants in Illinois

  • Newborn Equity in a Quality Improvement Framework

ILPQC Key Partner Resources

  • EverThrive Illinois

    • The Gathering Campaign: Community-centered campaign focused on supporting and providing community education and resources to pregnant or recently pregnant people and family and friends.  
    • Healthy Choices, Healthy Futures Toolkit: Informational resource for health care providers of women during Preconception, Prenatal, Postpartum, and Interconception Care. This online Healthy Choices, Healthy Futures Toolkit features an educational matrix of resources, social marketing materials, post-partum transition strategies, brochures and other printables.
    • National Infant Immunization Week Campaign: Vaccination campaign aimed at parents and caregivers of children < 6 years old.

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