Collaborative Projects
Our team regularly collaborates with task forces, workgroups, and health experts to inform them about the real needs of families in our community and bring new strategies and supports back to the families we serve based on the newest research.
Hypertension in Pregnancy (HIP)
The Hypertension in Pregnancy (HIP) Initiative launched in 2015, with more than thirty participating hospitals. The project focused on reduction of short and long-term morbidity and mortality related to pregnancy hypertension; proper screening, diagnosis and management of hypertensive disorders; timely recognition and quick, organized response to preeclampsia; and proper discharge screening and planning, including patient education. This project is ongoing.
This project was conducted in collaboration with the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC) and local workgroups.
Mother-Focused Care
Mother-Focused Care (Social Determinants of Health) is a quality improvement initiative that will assist hospitals in addressing a myriad of factors that influence maternal health behaviors and outcomes. The initiative works with delivery units across the state and stakeholders (patients, families, clinicians, and community organizations). Our team worked with a local workgroup to provide delivery hospital nurses with quick guides to local resources that would support moms in need via QR code download found here.
This project was conducted in collaboration with the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC) and local workgroups.
Maternal Opioid Recovery Effort (MORE)
Overdoses are one of the leading causes of pregnancy-associated death in Florida. Obstetric providers, nurses and hospitals are the first health care contact for most mothers with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). The rate of pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) during labor and delivery in the U.S. more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, according to a 2018 analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In Florida, the rate climbed from 0.5 per 1,000 delivery hospitalizations in 1999 to 6.6 in 2014.
This project’s purpose is to work with providers, hospitals, and other stakeholders to improve identification, clinical care and coordinated treatment/support for pregnant women with opioid use disorder and their infants. Our team works with local workgroups to develop strategies to support women during their pregnancies and after giving birth.
This project was conducted in collaboration with the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC) and Substance Exposed Newborn Task Force.
All of our programs are powered by Connect, Florida’s coordinated intake and referral process. Connect is the one-stop entry point to connect families with home visiting programs and other resources to improve outcomes for moms and babies.
