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The Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (IPQC) aimed to reduce early elective deliveries (EED) before 39 weeks gestation to under 5% among Illinois hospitals. The IPQC launched an initiative involving 49 birthing hospitals to implement evidence-based practices like "hard stop" policies recommended by medical organizations to prevent non-medically indicated early deliveries. Through educational sessions, data reporting, and support for quality improvement teams, the IPQC helped hospitals reduce their EED rates and achieve the under 5% goal, with an aggregate decline in the EED rate across participating hospitals from 2.3% to 1.8% between 2013 and 2014.

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The Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (IPQC) aimed to reduce early elective deliveries (EED) before 39 weeks gestation to under 5% among Illinois hospitals. The IPQC launched an initiative involving 49 birthing hospitals to implement evidence-based practices like "hard stop" policies recommended by medical organizations to prevent non-medically indicated early deliveries. Through educational sessions, data reporting, and support for quality improvement teams, the IPQC helped hospitals reduce their EED rates and achieve the under 5% goal, with an aggregate decline in the EED rate across participating hospitals from 2.3% to 1.8% between 2013 and 2014.

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Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Early Elective Delivery (EED)


Initiative

AIM

Reduce EED to <5% and improve


ability for hospitals to compare
accurate EED data across time and
across other Illinois hospitals.

Early Elective Delivery (EED) before

EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICES

39 weeks gestation may result in

The American Congress of

higher rates of adverse respiratory

Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)

outcomes, mechanical ventilation,

recommends against non-medically

sepsis and hypoglycemia for the

indicated delivery prior to 39 weeks

newborns. A study in the American

and recommends that all hospitals

Journal of Obstetrics and Gyne-

put in place a hard stop policy to

cology estimated the cost of such

prevent this practice. IDPH also

deliveries in the United States to be

recommends implementation of a

nearly $1 billion per year.

hard stop policy for all maternity

PROBLEM
ILPQC MISSION
Engage perinatal stakeholders across
disciplines and at every level, in a
collaborative effort to improve the quality
of perinatal care and health outcomes for
Illinois women and infants using
improvement science, education, and
evidence-based practice guidelines.

hospitals/units in the State.

SCOPE
Forty-nine hospitals identified teams and participated in QI educational
opportunities related to the initiative, 47 hospitals submitted data.

October 2015

Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative

APPROACH

Early Elective Delivery (EED)


Initiative

The ILPQC EED Initiative was

their progress with participating


hospitals. ILPQC in partnership with
the Illinois Hospital Association and

launched at the ILPQC Kick-Off

March of Dimes provided a series of

Conference in November 2013.


Forty-nine birthing hospitals identified teams to participate. The ILPQC
OB Advisory Workgroup held
monthly calls to direct the course of
the initiative. Additional input was
received from the IDPH Statewide
Quality Council, Regionalized

February 2014, and April 2014) with


talks from national experts focusing on EED reduction and quality
improvement education reaching up
to 83 participants per session.
toolkits including: March of Dimes,

Perinatal Network Administrators


and epidemiologists with the Office
of Womens Health. Participating
hospitals were asked to provide data
on the Joint Commission EED PC01
measure quarterly for 2013-2014.

National Quality Forum, AHRQ and


the Joint Commission PC01 Manual.
Starting in May 2014, hospital teams
have also participated in ongoing
education and support through
monthly team webinars that provide

The OB and Data Advisory Work-

brief ILPQC updates, QI learning,

group developed data forms and

opportunities to review their EED data

reports for the ILPQC web-based

and Team Talks opportunities for

data system to enable hospital

hospital teams to share and discuss

teams to review their progress


towards the EED aim and compare

l 49 IL birthing hospitals submitted any


data

live webinar (December 2013,

Hospitals were provided access to

Perinatal Program, including the

RESULTS

educational Virtual Boot Camps via

their QI work with other teams.

Percent Non-medically Indicated Early Elective Deliveries (EED) at 37 to <39


weeks gestation (based on Joint Commission EED PC01 measure)
ILPQC Hospitals, 2013 Quarter 1 (baseline) through 2014 Quarter 4

l 42 hospitals reached the <5% goal for


EED, 2013 Q4 or 2014 Q1

All ILPQC Hospitals

l Decline in aggregate EED rate from 2.3%


(2013 Q1) to 1.8% (2014 Q4)

Goal

% EED

0
2013-Q1

2013-Q2

2013-Q3

2013-Q4

2014-Q1

2014-Q2

2014-Q3

2014-Q4

2013 - 2014

To learn more about the


Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative,
please visit us at www.ilpqc.org.
October 2015

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