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The March of Dimes

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CDN is pleased to provide the slides and audio from March of Dime's Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity which took place on October 8-9, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.

This Symposium explored the state of quality initiatives to prevent preterm birth and developed an action agenda to decrease the rate of preterm births that are not inevitable or medically necessary.

The Symposium brought together a multidisciplinary group of health care practitioners, health insurers, policy makers, health purchasers, regulators and concerned citizens to discuss quality improvement as an essential component in the strategy to prevent prematurity, promote health and save costs.

Welcome and an Overview of the Challenge of Prematurity

Speaker: Alan R. Fleischman, MD
Senior Vice President and Medical Director
March of Dimes Foundation

Keynote Presentation on Quality Improvement in Perinatal Care and the Prevention of Prematurity

Speaker: Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Panel 1: Health Insurers and Health Systems

Moderator
Scott D. Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP
Senior Vice President, Chapter Programs,
March of Dimes Foundation

Hospital Corporation of America
Steven L. Clark, MD
Medical Director, Women and Newborn Clinical Services

Ascension Health
Lora Sparkman, RN, MHA
Director, Clinical Excellence

Premier Perinatal Safety Initiative
Kathy Connolly, RN, BSN, MSEd, CPHRM,
Principal, Premier Consulting Solutions

Geisinger Health System
Eric J. Bieber, MD, MSHCM
Executive Vice President
Strategic Network Development

Intermountain Health Program
Bryan T. Oshiro, MD,
Medical Director
Perinatal Institute
Loma Linda University Medical Center/Children’s Hospital

United Healthcare
Tina D. Groat, MD, MBA
National Medical Director,
Women’s Health Line of Service

Panel 2: Policy Issues in Perinatal Quality Improvement

Moderator
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD
Executive Vice President for Programs
The Commonwealth Fund

National Quality Forum (NQF)
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President,
Performance Measures

National Partnership for Women and Families
Lee Partridge
Health Policy Advisor

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH
Assistant Vice President for Research

National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
Charles J. Homer, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer

Lunch Presentation

Moderator: Jennifer L. Howse, PhD
President, March of Dimes Foundation

Speaker: Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH
President, The Joint Commission
Achieving and Sustaining Highly
Reliable Health Care: The Case of Prematurity

Panel 3: Clinical, Hospital, and Physician Initiatives

Moderator
Hal C. Lawrence, III, MD, FACOG
Vice President, Practice Activities
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Voluntary Review of Quality of Care Program
John S. Wachtel, MD, FACOG
Program Director

ACNM Programs in Perinatal Quality of Care
Nancy Jo Reedy, CNM, MPH, FACNM
Director of Nurse-Midwifery Services
Texas Health Care, PLLC and Representative
from American College of Nurse-Midwives

Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners Healthcare
Laura E. Riley, MD
Medical Director of Labor and Delivery

Ashland, Kentucky
Amanda G. Preston, RN, MSN
Director of Patient Services for Women’s Health
Pediatrics and Mammography
King’s Daughters Medical Center

Centene Corporation
Mary Mason, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Senior Vice President

Panel 4: Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

Moderator
Roger C. Young, MD, PhD
Division Director of Obstetric and Gynecologic Specialties
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services
University of Vermont

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative
Edward F. Donovan, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

and

Jay D. Iams, MD
Professor
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Ohio State University

California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative
Jeffrey B. Gould, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator and Robert L. Hess Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University Medical Center

Maryland Patient Safety Center Perinatal Collaborative
Raymond Cox, MD, MBA
Chairman
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
St. Agnes Hospital

New England Obstetric Safety Initiative
Barbara Fildes, MS, CNM, FACNM
Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dartmouth Medical School

The Rhode Island Task Force on Premature Birth
Maureen G. Phipps, MD, MPH
Division of Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Puerto Rico
Jos F. Cordero, MD, MPH
Dean
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Puerto Rico

Panel 5: Prematurity Prevention: Action Steps and Future Directions

Moderator
Alan R. Fleischman, MD
Senior Vice President and Medical Director
March of Dimes Foundation

Role of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Eve Lackritz, MD
Chief
Maternal and Infant Health Branch
Division of Reproductive Health, CDC

Role of State Government
Ruth Ann Shepherd, MD, FAAP
Director of Maternal and Child
Health, Kentucky Department for Public Health

Role of Health Insurance Community
Bob Rehm, MBA
Vice President
Public Health and Clinical Strategies
America’s Health Insurance Plans

Role of Employers in the Business Community
Helen Darling
President
National Business Group on Health

Role of Clinical Community
Hal C. Lawrence, III, MD, FACOG
Vice President
Practice Activities
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Kim L. Armour, NP-BC, APN, MSN, RDMS
2009 President
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Judith S. Palfrey, MD, FAAP
President-Elect
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Melissa Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
President
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)