Quality Improvement (QI) Lessons from Implementing Group Prenatal Care
The objectives of the webinar:
Dr. Meadows will describe why she decided to implement group prenatal care.
Outline lessons learned when working to implement group prenatal care.
Explain how QI methods and tools supported the implementation effort.
Presenter Bios
Dr. Debra Bingham: The Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement (PQI) was founded by Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN.
PQI's mission is to expand the use of quality improvement in order to eliminate preventable perinatal morbidity and mortality and ensure equity in birth outcomes. Read more about how PQI will accomplish this mission.
Dr. Debra Bingham is a public health leader, educator, author, and consultant with over 30 years of experience. She is also an Associate Professor for Healthcare Quality and Safety in the Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Dr. Bingham has successfully led hospital, state,
and national improvement efforts and held key leadership positions. She was the Director of Maternal Child Health Nursing at St. Luke’s and Roosevelt hospitals in New York City, the founding Executive Director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, and the Vice President for Nursing Research, Education, and Practice for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. In 1991 she was named the Nurse of Distinction for New York State, District 1. In 2015 she was given the Caring Award by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.
Dr. Bingham is a registered nurse with a Masters of Science degree in Perinatal Nursing from Columbia University and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill.
Debra is a wife, mother, and grandmother who believes that all women and newborns deserve to receive evidence-based respectful perinatal care.
Dr. Audra R. Meadows: Audra Meadows, MD, MPH, FACOG
is a birth optimizer. She cares for women before, during and after pregnancy to ensure positive pregnancy and birth experiences. As an Obstetrician and Gynecologist at The Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Assistant Professor
at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Meadows teaches medical students, residents and fellows and devotes time to prenatal care practice innovation and advocacy. Her clinical, public health and policy initiatives aim to prevent preterm
birth, infant mortality and maternal morbidity and mortality. For more than 15 years, she has been passionate about achieving health equity and creating value in clinical practice. She implemented group prenatal care into the BWH
OB/GYN Residency Practice to better serve those pregnant and parenting. Dr. Meadows has served as Medical Director of the BWH Ambulatory Obstetrics Practice, the Boston Healthy Start Initiative and the BWH Stronger Generations
Program. Presently, she co-leads the Perinatal Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts (PNQIN).
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