The DC PQC Award Pilot Program is designed to recognize organizations for their excellence in Perinatal Quality Improvement (QI) Data Reporting, Patient Voice Integration, and Health Equity Initiatives over a 10-month period. We are pleased to announce that two of our birthing hospitals have applied to start this program with us: The George Washington University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

Award Criteria and Milestones

• QI Participation: Meet specific milestones and maintain them for three “qualifying quarters” during the award year. 
• Patient Voice: Show how patient voices are integrated into quality improvement through community and patient partnerships, emphasizing lived experiences in decision-making. 
• Health Equity: Implement interventions to address health equity gaps and submit disaggregated data by race and ethnicity to demonstrate efforts in identifying and addressing disparities.

Achievement Criteria

• Gold: Achieve all three areas—QI Participation, Patient Voice Integration, and Health Equity Initiatives
• Silver: Achieve QI Participation and either Patient Voice Integration or Health Equity Initiatives 
• Bronze: Achieve QI Participation only

*This award pilot program was inspired by the Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative.