Upcoming Important dates for the "39 weeks" initiative

Webinar:
Monday August 3, 3-5pm

At this webinar, we will review how to complete the retrospective data collection.  Each hospital will abstract data from 50 charts using a tool developed by PQCNC and enter the data using a web-based data entry program.  Information about how to access the webinar will be distributed to teams who register in an email.  The only person required to participate in this session is the person who will be responsible for chart abstraction/data entry, but all team members are welcome.

Action Learning Lab:
Wednesday September 16, 9-4:30 at The Hawthorne Inn in Winston Salem, NC.
Friday September 18, 9-4:30 at the Sheraton in Chapel Hill, NC.

This one-day session will be held twice.  Each hospital should attend one  session; please select whichever session is more convenient.  All members of the team need to be present for this session.  At the learning lab, the evidence base for the elimination of elective deliveries before 39 weeks will be reviewed, information about quality improvement science will be presented, and the process for ongoing data collection will be reviewed.  There will be time set aside for teams to work individually to develop an action plan for each hospital.  Presenters will include staff from hospitals who have done quality improvement projects on this topic and a patient panel to offer the patient perspective on the value of this work.