About – district of columbia perinatal quality collaborative

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.

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

Blood Pressure Checks – A Simple Intervention to Fight Black Maternal Morbidity

March 28, 2023

Maternal Deaths in the U.S. Spiked in 2021

March 22, 2023

TESTIMONIALS

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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.

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