Safe Births Initiative
LaPQC Safe Births Initiative
The Safe Births Initiative was launched in 2021 as a vehicle for continued work related to hemorrhage and hypertension and new efforts to reduce Louisiana’s first time, low-risk cesarean delivery rate. Shifting to a long-term model like The Gift, the Safe Births Initiative now serves as a home for AIM patient safety bundle implementation, and as well as the LaPQC’s quality improvement work relative to recommendations generated by Louisiana’s Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review, as well as other important perinatal outcomes. As such, the Safe Births Initiative also is an important home for sustaining and spreading quality improvement gains made by QI teams.
Initiatives
The Gift
The primary home for neonatal and mother-baby care best practice implementation, including breastfeeding and parent-infant bonding.
Safe Births Initiative
The primary home for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health bundle of implementation and perinatal outcomes work.
Obstetric Readiness in Emergency Departments
Supports emergency departments to improve readiness for obstetric emergencies.
Caregiver Perinatal Depression Screening
Supports pediatric practices in screening and establishing referral pathways for caregivers impacted by postpartum depression.
Community Birth Initiative
Supports freestanding birth centers and community birth providers with readiness and response to maternal and neonatal emergencies.