The GNYHA/UHF Perinatal Safety Collaborative is a clinical quality improvement initiative, and the changes necessary to achieve the goals of the collaboration will require an interdisciplinary and multi-departmental approach across the participating hospitals.

GNYHA/UHF, as well as the hospital participants, have specific responsibilities to effectively implement this quality improvement collaborative.

• GNYHA/UHF Collaborative staff will:
  • plan and implement all Perinatal Safety Collaborative meetings and conference calls;
  • provide information on best practices and organizational process improvements related to perinatal safety triggers and improving the culture of safety, both during and between meetings;
  • identify and work with experts in the field whose expertise and tools will be helpful to the Collaborative;
  • offer electronic communication venues for shared learning, assess progress, and provide feedback to teams between meetings;
  • provide reports and timely feedback on data collected through the Collaborative; and
  • maintain and safeguard the confidentiality of privileged data or information—whether written, photographed, or electronically recorded, and whether generated or acquired by the team—that can be used to identify an individual patient, practitioner, hospital, facility, health plan, or patient population.
    

• Hospitals participating in the Perinatal Collaborative will:
  • submit baseline data;
  • conduct Senior Leadership Problem Solving Rounds and a culture of safety assessment with a predetermined survey instrument;
  • assign administrative, physician, and nursing senior leaders responsibility to actively support the team through scheduled problem-solving rounds;
  • provide necessary resources to support the team (including resources for meetings and staff time to devote to this effort as well as resources for data collection);
  • participate in each collaborative meeting and scheduled conference call (participation by all core team members is highly recommended);
  • plan, design, and implement plan-do-study-act (PDSA) improvement cycles to meet the targeted performance measures;
  • provide monthly reports and share information with the Collaborative on a timely basis, including details of changes made and data to support these changes, both during and between meetings; and
  • maintain and safeguard the confidentiality of privileged data or information—whether written, photographed, or electronically recorded, and whether generated or acquired by the team—that can be used to identify an individual patient, practitioner, hospital, facility, health plan, or patient population.