Outreach

Outreach Services

Annual on-site quality of care visits to each affiliate which include as time permits the review of:

Available perinatal data
The affiliate’s internal quality assurance program, policies, & procedures
Care provided by medical, nursing, & other health care practitioners
The appropriateness & timeliness of maternal & newborn referrals and transfers, as well as the outcomes of patients retained at the affiliate hospital who met the criteria for transfer to a higher level of care
Adverse perinatal events & outcomes such as fatalities, morbidity, nosocomial infections, and high-risk procedures
Pathology related to all deaths & significant surgical specimens
The effectiveness of any plans for correcting quality of care problems

Review & identification of problems: review of data, adverse outcomes, transports and non-transports, and the affiliates internal QA/QI activities
Solutions/recommendations and their effectiveness
Outreach and education including identification of needs
Attending level perinatal consultations
Development, updating, and implementing affiliation agreements
Patient transport