Improving Statewide Patient Outcomes: Strengthening Collaboration, Education, and Shared Learning
8:15AM - 8:45AM
Stronger Together: Leveraging Statewide Collaboration to Improve Care and Reduce Variation
This session explores how coordinated, statewide collaboration among healthcare organizations can drive better patient outcomes and reduce unwarranted variation in care. Participants will learn practical strategies for building and sustaining partnerships across clinical, educational, and administrative teams, examine the role of ongoing education in advancing evidence-based practice, and identify actionable approaches to strengthen communication and alignment within their own regions.
Learning Objectives:
Describe how statewide collaboration among healthcare organizations can improve patient outcomes and reduce variation in care
Identify key strategies for strengthening partnerships across clinical, educational, and administrative teams
Explain the role of education and continuous professional development in advancing evidence-based practice statewide
Apply practical approaches to foster communication and alignment within your own region
Presented by:
Wannasiri (Awe) Lapcharoensap, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University - Northwest Neonatal Improvement Priority Alliance (NWIPA)
8:45AM - 9:15AM
Improving Newborn Resuscitation Through Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
This educational session highlights the role of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) in advancing newborn care and improving outcomes. Attendees will explore how statewide quality improvement efforts guide newborn resuscitation initiatives in Oregon and examine unique challenges faced by Level I hospitals and community birth sites, with practical insights to inform local practice.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to describe the role or Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) in improving newborn care and outcomes.
Participants will be able to name 2 primary drivers guiding statewide newborn resuscitation quality improvement in Oregon.
Participants will be able to name a unique challenge in level I hospitals and/or community birth sites related to newborn resuscitation.
Presented by:
Laurel Durham, MPH, RN. Director of Quality Improvement - Oregon Perinatal Collaborative
9:15AM - 9:45AM
From Hospital to Field: Partnering With EMS to Strengthen Neonatal Resuscitation
This session highlights key differences between hospital-based and prehospital neonatal resuscitation capabilities and examines the unique challenges EMS providers face when caring for newborns. Attendees will explore practical strategies for building effective partnerships with EMS agencies to enhance neonatal resuscitation knowledge, skills, and coordination across care settings.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize differences between hospital and prehospital neonatal resuscitation capabilities
Understand EMS challenges in neonatal resuscitation performance
Identify effective partnering strategies with EMS agencies to improve neonatal resuscitation knowledge and skills
Presented by:
Trang Huynh, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Neonatal Telemedicine, Division of Neonatology - Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
9:45AM - 10:15AM
Bridging Public and Clinical Health: The Power of State Quality Collaboratives
This session explores the importance of integrating public health and clinical care to improve maternal and infant outcomes. Attendees will learn how state quality collaboratives foster alignment across systems, drive evidence-based practices, and extend impact beyond hospital walls to support healthier communities.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the need to integrate public and clinical health initiatives.
Illustrate how state quality collaboratives can improve maternal and infant health within and beyond hospital settings.
Presented by:
Sunah Hwang, M.D., PhD, MPH/MSPH, Lula O. Lubchenco Chair in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, and Neonatologist - University of Colorado School of Medicine