2025 ALPQC Annual Perinatal Health Summit
July 10 – 11 • Mobile, AL
We are excited to invite you to the 2025 ALPQC Perinatal Health Summit! The Summit will bring together state and community partners to connect, collaborate and engage in meaningful discussions, create solutions, and take collective action to improve health and well-being of Alabama moms and babies. This event will also mark the launch of our 2025-2026 neonatal and obstetric hospital quality improvement initiatives.
Date: July 10 – 11, 2025
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Format: In-Person Only
Who should attend?
- Clinical Care Providers
- Non-Clinical Support Services
- Government and Public Agencies
- Insurance Organizations
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Community Organizations
- ALMHTF Community Advisory Group
- Patient or Family Representatives
Join us for insightful discussions, expert-led sessions, and networking opportunities with stakeholders in the maternal and child health arena. Don’t miss this chance to be a part of meaningful change!
Neonatal Initiatives
2025 is off to a great start for our Neonatal Hypothermia Prevention Initiative. This quarter, teams have continued to see improvements in hypothermia, reaching an initiative low of 11.47% in January for our Level 1 and 2 facilities. For Level 3 and 4 hospitals completing our Golden Hour data survey, this quarter saw a decrease in intubation rates as well as a decrease in hypothermia. Great job, teams!
Also this quarter, we heard from Russell Medical Center on ways in which they have implemented the NHP initiative into their everyday practice and the great progress they have made. Thank you for sharing, Ally and Jackie!
We also had a guest lecture by Dr. Kalsang Dolma from USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital on ways in which to prevent Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the NICU through a Clinical Care bundle. Thank you, Dr. Dolma!
Obstetric Initiatives
Since its launch in January 2024, the ALPQC Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative has made significant strides in improving maternal health outcomes. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of care for patients experiencing obstetric hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Documented patient support after a hemorrhage event continues to be an area of opportunity for a majority of hospitals. It is important to include each patient who experienced an obstetric hemorrhage and their identified support network as respected members of and contributors to the multidisciplinary care team and as participants in patient-centered huddles and debriefs.
Providing comprehensive care and resources to patients during recovery from a hemorrhage event is essential for their long-term health and well-being. Make sure to schedule time for a formal debrief including the patient and family prior to discharge. And remember, if you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen!
We have made outstanding progress as a collaborative and will continue to look for opportunities to improve the maternal outcomes for Alabama’s mothers.
