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About

The District of Columbia Perinatal Quality Collaborative (DCPQC) serves as the District’s champion for reducing maternal mortality, improving maternal and infant health outcomes and narrowing racial and place-based disparities in maternal health

WHO WE ARE

A network of passionate clinicians, stakeholders and representatives from health care sectors, public health, government, and the community.

WHAT WE DO

The District of Columbia’s Perinatal Quality Collaborative is a network of clinical teams, public health experts and other stakeholders from the community, who come together to participate in data-driven quality improvement in order to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.

  1. Identify and address preventable causes of maternal mortality and morbidity through the selection of quality improvement initiatives.
  2. Facilitate the Collaborative’s participation in the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM).
  3. Implement and evaluate programs and services designed to improve clinical quality in maternal and infant healthcare.
  4. Partner with and help educate providers, patients and the larger community on quality maternal and infant health care and associated outcomes.
  5. Foster a culture of high quality, accountable, and accessible maternal ​and infant clinical health services.

MEMBERSHIP

  • District of Columbia Hospital Association
  • DC Primary Care Association
  • DC Health
  • Department of Health Care Finance
  • March of Dimes
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • American Organization of Nurse Leaders
  • Association of Women’s Health
  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • District of Columbia hospitals
  • Obstetrics and neonatal nurses
  • Community services organizations
  • Quality and safety improvement experts
  • Federally qualified health center representatives
  • Advocacy organizations
  • Patients, families, and mothers
  • Payors (Private/MCOs)
  • Government affairs experts
  • Fire and EMS

STAFF

Executive Clinical Director

Melissa Fries

MD, FACOG, FAMGG

Executive Program Director

Gayle Olano Hurt

MPA, CPHQ, PMC

Patient/Family Partnership Director

Yolette A. Gray
MPH, CHES, EMC,
PM-LPC, SSGBC

Data Analyst

Annette Kotna

BSc

Developing Families Center Makes Key Investments Towards Maternal Health Efforts in the District

May 5, 2023
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Blood Pressure Checks – A Simple Intervention to Fight Black Maternal Morbidity

March 28, 2023
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Maternal Deaths in the U.S. Spiked in 2021

March 22, 2023
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The District of Columbia Perinatal Quality Collaborative Grant is managed by the District of Columbia Hospital Association Program Services Company, Inc.

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This DC Perinatal Quality Collaborative Grant Program is funded wholly or in part by the Government of the District of Columbia Department of Health.

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