IHI Perinatal Improvement Community:
Follow-Up Question-and-Answer Call
It takes a Community!
Your Perinatal Faculty Team
Sue Gullo,
Director
Virginia (Ginna) Peter Cherouny, Betty Janey, PM
Crowe, IA
Faculty Chair
Evan Bittel, PC
Our Faculty Team
Also not pictured:
Cheri Johnson
Martha Leighton
Randall J. Morgan
Kim L. Armour
Tara E. Bristol
Deb Bell-Polson
AGENDA
• Welcome and Introductions
• Sue Gullo, Perinatal Improvement Community Director
• Question-and-Answer Session
• IHI Faculty & Staff will:
• Review the “Perinatal Improvement Community 101”
• Answer YOUR questions now!
• Consider Enrolling!
• Betty Janey, IHI Program Manager
Quality Improvement & The Know-Do Gap
What we
know
4
Evidence-Based Knowledge
IHI Perinatal Community
What we
do
5
QA and QI are complementary
Regulation
Professional
oversight
Evidence
Guidelines,
protocols,
SOPs
Standards
Accreditation
Training
Competencies
Policy
QA
Performance
review
IMPROVED OUTCOMES
1. Aims: what are the “gaps” in performance and outcomes
2. Measures: tools to measure and feedback processes and
outcomes
QI
3. Changes: frontline methods and activities to close the “gap”
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Join the Community!
What is in a membership?
12 months of interactive learning
7 expert faculty at your fingertips
5 levels of engagement each month
2 Face to Face meetings
1 Community
2013-2014 Schedule of Calls
Coaching Calls:
1 day/month
4 time blocks
Open to all
All Team Calls:
1 day/month
90 minutes
Workgroup and/or Special Calls:
Ad-hoc content specific calls
Community Kick-off Call:
End of September 2013
Community Wrap-up/Celebration Call:
End of August 2014
How to Become a Member…
Click on the enroll now button on our website:
www.ihi.org/perinatalimprovementcommunity
by September 1, 2013 (start of collaborative year)
– All teams enrolled by August 1st will receive $100 discount off of membership
fee
Membership Fees
$15,000 per year per team
A reduced rate of $7,500 per team per year applies
to the following:
– Federally-qualified health centers
– Physician practices comprising of fewer than 20 physicians
– Hospitals with an average daily census of fewer than 50 beds
Business case for joining collaborative:
(aka how to fund your membership)
Approach underwriters and risk management
Incorporate into credentialing
Work with IHI to break up payments
Use these slides or slides from previous info call on our
website
Schedule a call with your leadership team and IHI
perinatal faculty to bolster support