Outreach

Outreach Services

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

1. Available perinatal data
2. The affiliate’s internal quality assurance program, policies, & procedures
3. Care provided by medical, nursing, & other health care practitioners
4. 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
5. Adverse perinatal events & outcomes such as fatalities, morbidity, nosocomial infections, and high-risk procedures
6. Pathology related to all deaths & significant surgical specimens
7. 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

Outreach Meeting Schedule 2020

• Message from the Director of Perinatal Outreach Lisa Grey, MD:

Dear Regional Colleagues -

Given current COVID-19 restrictions, we have made a decision to postpone our upcoming RPC Outreach visits until fall.  The RPC’s internal protocols are rapidly evolving to meet the needs of our facility, community, and region, all of which I would be happy to share with you in the interests of maintaining the Finger Lakes Region’s high level of perinatal care in this time of crisis.  Please let me know how I best can be of assistance, and feel free to contact me or any of our outreach staff at UR Medical Center for any concerns related to maternal or neonatal transfers.  We wish you all the best in your efforts to keep your community safe and healthy!