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Improving Postpartum Access to Care (IPAC)






24%

The percentage of pregnancy-associated deaths between 2014 and 2016 that occured within 42 days postpartum, before the traditional six-week postpartum visit.

40%

The percentage of new mothers that do not attend their six-week postpartum visit, yet even health women with uncomplicated pregnancies are at risk for postpartum problems.

8/10

The number of periantal networks that have hospitals currently participating in IPAC.

29%

The percentage of IPAC teams that are live with two-week postpartum visits with 4 months of initaitive launch.
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Schedule early maternal health safety checks to improve postpartum care

The goal of the ILPQC Improving Postpartum Access to Care (IPAC) Initiative is to optimize the health of women by increasing access to early postpartum care within the first two weeks postpartum, to facilitate follow-up as an ongoing process rather than a single 6-week encounter, provide an opportunity for a maternal health safety check, and link women to appropriate services.

The Improving Postpartum Access to Care (IPAC) Initiative was launched with 14 hospital teams in May 2019 to help increase use of this new standard of offering and scheduling universal early postpartum visits for a maternal health safety check within two weeks postpartum, in addition to the traditional six-week visit.

Initiative Aim and Outcome

By May 2020, more than 80 percent of participating hospitals will be scheduling universal two-week postpartum visits before mothers are discharged after delivery.

Objectives:

  • 1.
    Increase percentage of women who have a two-week postpartum scheduled with an obstetric provider
  • 2.
    Increase percentage of women who receive IPAC-focused postpartum education before discharge delivery
  • 3.
    Increase percentage of providers and staff who receive education on optimizing early postpartum care

Webinars

Additional Resources

Paper IPAC Data Form available here

IPAC Fact Sheet – share this document with administrators, providers, and staff!

10 Steps to Getting Started with the ILPQC IPAC Initiative – available here

IPAC Grand Rounds Slide Deck – updated 9/10/19

IPAC Sustainability Plan – complete and submit by April 27 to be eligible for an award at the 2020 Face-to-Face Meeting

Toolkit

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