News
Here's the recent news from PQCNC.
The success of PQCNC is a tribute to the commitment of the many hospital and clinic teams we have had the privilege of working with. Since 2017 PQCNC has awarded its Annual Quality Improvement Award to teams who have demonstrated dedication above and beyond as we all work together in our mission to make North Carolina the best place to give birth and be born. Read more...
This past Saturday we lost a legend who committed his life to the expert care of infants in North Carolina but nationally. Dr. Ross Vaughan died on January 4th. For forty years Dr. Vaughan helped anchor NICU care at WakeMed. When he began working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit there he was on port and starboard call (every other night), with another North Carolina neonatal legend Dr. Read more...
Our PQCNC Leadership Team met December 11th, and we formally approved our next initiatives to be developed in 2025 for launch in 2026! Yes, we are preparing for 2026. In October we were privileged to have nine proposals for new projects, every one which is worthy of being developed and executed, but PQCNC, to be effective, must live within our capacity to do high quality improvement work. Read more...
What better way to ring in the New Year than a PQCNC celebration to launch our initiatives for 2025....the Year of Cardiac Care in Obstetrics and Care of the Late Preterm Infant II. Read more...
We held our PQCNC Annual Meeting last Monday at the McKimmon Center. We heard from awesome speakers and proceeded to review 9 proposed initiatives for next PQCNC projects. The presentations were outstanding and prompted incredible discussion. We conducted dot voting to prioritize these projects. and will continue to receive input with online project review from PQCNC members over the next 4 weeks.So, now it's your turn. Read more...
Over the last year PQCNC has facilitated the refinement of the AIM Cardiac Care in Obstetrics Bundle for launch in North Carolina. We are indebted to the experts from Duke and ECU who have led the creation of the PQCNC Cardiac Conditions in Obstetric Care initiative. This project will address a major cause of maternal mortality in North Carolina. Cardiac Conditions in Obstetric Care will focus on screening, identification and referral of mothers with cardiac conditions. Read more...
Western NC is in need of clinical support to provide labor and delivery services for pregnant individuals. If you are available and interested in being deployed to this area of the state to support pregnant and postpartum individuals, please take a moment to complete this survey. Any help would be greatly appreciated. North Carolina Hurricane Helene Staffing Support Read more...
PQCNC is pleased to welcome Caroline Hays (MPH, RN, BSN) to the PQCNC Core Team as our new Clinical Initiative Manager for Maternal Initiatives Read more...