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ILPQC 2025 OB and Neonatal Face-to-Face Meetings

President Abraham Lincoln Springfield – a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel | May 21st & 22nd, 2025

Registration is now open for the 2025 Face-to-Face Meeting! Please email info@ilpqc.org if you have any questions.

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Welcome to the ILPQC 2025 Face-to-Face Webpage!

Calling all nurses, providers, staff, and public health professionals: Registration is now OPEN for the ILPQC OB & Neonatal Face-to-Face meetings in Springfield, IL!

The 2025 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

OB Face-to-Face: Wednesday, May 21st: Meeting 9:00am – 4:00pm

Neonatal Face-to-Face: Thursday, May 22nd: Meeting 9:00am – 3:45pm

Ticket Information

Early Bird Registration: February 28th – March 31st 2025

  • OB Day: $100
  • Neonatal Day: $100
  • Both Days: $175

Regular Registration: April 1st – May 13th 2025

  • OB Day: $125
  • Neonatal Day: $125
  • Both Days: $200

PLEASE NOTE: Event registration for the 2025 ILPQC OB & Neonatal Face-to-Face Meetings will close on Monday, May 13th 2025. Onsite registration will not be available. Refunds requested prior to the event registration deadline (5/13/2025) will be honored.

Getting Ready for the Meeting

Create your Neonatal Storyboard

  • Calling all neonatal teams to complete a  storyboard to share all your great work on the ESSI initiative and any other QI work
  • Template here. 

Create your OB Storyboard

  • Calling all OB teams to complete a storyboard to share all your great work on the PVB and Birth Equity initiatives as well as any other QI work
  • Template here.

Complete Data Submission

  • All initiative data for ESSI, Birth Equity and PVB is due April 30th
  • To be eligible for Face-to-Face awards all data including baseline through March 2025 must be submitted

ILPQC Storyboard Support calls

Have questions, need support, want to better understand how to create the magic of Face-to-Face Storyboards? Come to one of the support calls ILPQC is hosting to support both OB and Neonatal teams share and highlight their accomplishments

Thursday 5/13 11:00 AM CST

ILPQC OB Teams 2025 Face-to-Face Agenda Coming Soon!

ILPQC Neonatal Teams 2025 Face-to-Face Agenda

  • 8:00-9:00 am

    Check-in, Storyboard Set-Up, and Continental Breakfast

  • 9:00–9:15 am

    Welcome and Overview of the Day

  • 9:15–9:45 am

    An Audit of ESSI: Progress and Lessons Learned 

    Leslie Caldarelli, MD and Justin Josephsen, MD 

    Neonatal Clinical Co-Leads, ILPQC  

  • 9:45–10:40 am

    Engaging Families in Culturally Conscious Conversations about Social Determinants of Health 

    Kia Ferrer, PhD, MS, CCLS 

    Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital 

  • 10:40–10:55 am

    Break

  • 10:55–11:55 am

    Partnering with Parents: Elevating ESSI through Parent Relationships 

    Kimberly Vuckovich, RN 

    Valencia Wilson, PharmD, RPh, MBA 

    Advocate Lutheran General Hospital ESSI Team 

  • 11:55–12:55 pm

    Team Storyboard Session: An Opportunity to Share and Learn  

    Networking Lunch 

  • 12:55-1:40 pm

    Breakout Session 1: Small Group Key Topic Discussions on Implementation Strategies 

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

    • Safe Sleep: Beyond the ABCs 2.0 
    • Optimizing Transfer and Continuity of Care  
    • Parent and Caregiver Experience Prioritization 
    • 1:40-1:50 pm

      Break/Transition between breakout sessions

    • 1:50-2:35 pm

      Breakout Session 2: Small Group Key Topic Discussions on Implementation Strategies 

      See list of sessions above 

    • 2:35-2:45 pm

      Break/Transition between breakout sessions

    • 2:45-3:30 pm

      Breakout Session 3: Small Group Key Topic Discussions on Implementation Strategies 

      See list of sessions above 

    • 3:30 -3:45 pm

      All Bundled Up: ESSI Summer Plans and What’s Next 

      Leslie Caldarelli, MD and Justin Josephsen, MD  

      Neonatal Clinical Co-Leads, ILPQC