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Region 5 Perinatal Care System Quality Improvement Initiative

Objective: To improve mother and infant health in Prosperity Region 5

 

Timeline: July 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019.
Funder: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) 
Project Coordinators: Sapha Hassan, hassa1ss@cmich.edu

 

Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc. (MiHIA), through a contract with Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority (SCCMHA) and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), is leading the development and implementation of the Region 5 Perinatal Care System Quality Improvement Initiative. 

The Region 5 Perinatal Quality Collaborative will bring together multi-sector stakeholders to establish goals and strategies based on evidence-based practices to improve mother and infant health in Prosperity Region 5 (8 counties: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Isabella, Gladwin, Gratiot, Midland and Saginaw.) The primary role is this team will be to identify and support data collection, conduct a regional assessment, host two regional learning summits; participate in the state-wide networks and to develop a multi-faceted Quality Improvement Work Plan to address perinatal substance use/abuse, infant mortality, low birth weight and access to prenatal care.  The Steering team will focus on implementing strategies that generate positive health outcomes and to ensure long-lasting sustainability of this initiative where mothers and babies are healthy and thriving. 

Significance

Infant mortality is one of the most important indicators of the health of a nation and a predictor of the health of the next generation.  Infant mortality rates provide insight into the health of the child and the mother, and are associated with a variety of factors, including maternal health, access to medical care, psychosocial conditions, and public health practices.

Michigan was the national leader in regionalization of perinatal systems in the 1970s and 1980s; however, by 2005, perinatal regionalization no longer existed in the state.  Thus, efforts were made to reinstate perinatal regionalization between 2005 and 2009, and since then, different regions throughout the state have initiated their own system efforts to improve perinatal care, as part of the Infant Mortality Reduction Plan.

Prosperity Region 5 (8 counties: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Isabella, Gladwin, Gratiot, Midland and Saginaw) is comprised of 5 local health departments, 4 Medicaid Health Plans, 16 hospitals, 5 birthing hospitals, and 1 NICU.  According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Division of Maternal and Child Health data from 2016, there were 5,829 births; of these births, 519 were preterm, 80 were very low birth weight births, and 505 were low birth weight births.  The NAS rate was 568.13 per 100,000 live births (state range: 315.23-157.56 per 100,000 live births).

Goals and Key Strategies

Coming soon

Partners

  • Bay Arenac Community Mental Health
  • Bay County Health Department
  • Central Michigan University
  • CMU Health Partners
  • MidMichigan Health
  • Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority (SCCHMA)
  • Saginaw County Department of Public Health
  • United HealthCare

Tools & Resources

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Please contact the Project Coordinator for additional information or resources not listed. 
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