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Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative 4th Annual Conference
Date and time
Location
The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
70 Yorktown Shopping Center Lombard, IL 60148Refund Policy
Description
Join us to share strategies and lessons learned from perinatal quality improvement efforts across the US. We will hear updates on current Illinois perinatal quality initiatives, including Golden Hour and Severe Maternal Hypertension and hear QI success stories from other state perinatal quality collaborative leaders. We will discuss hot topics in both obstetric and neonatal quality including: efforts to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, primary cesarean section reduction, improving care for mothers and babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome, optimizing use of 17 Hydroxyprogesterone, patient and family engagement, building sustainable quality improvement, and opportunities to engage with ILPQC. The Keynote Address, Safe Motherhood Initiative: Standardizing Care for Mothers in New York and Beyond, will be given by Mary E. D’Alton, MD. Additional national speakers include:
- Maurice Druzin, MD
- Munish Gupta, MD
- BZ Giese, RN
- Mike Marcotte, MD
- William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH, CPH
- Eleni Tsigas
For more information on the agenda, including times and topics, please download the conference brochure here or visit our website here.
This activity has been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
Please contact Kate Finnegan at kfinnegan@northshore.org or 847-570-2686 for more information about contact hours.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms is available at the Westin in Lombard for $149 + tax. To reserve a room, click here or call (630) 719-8000 and request to book under the “ILPQC 4 th Annual Conference” room block. This rate is garaunteed through 5 pm CST on Friday, October 14th - please book before this date to recieve the reduced rate.
Event Parking
Onsite parking is available for free in the Westin Lombard parking lot.