Jun 30 2026
Quality in Action Journal Club
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A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Beyond the Numbers: Measurement and Purposeful Change in NTSV Rates
October 27, 2025
Elliott Main, MD, and Melissa Rosenstein, MD, MAS
This session explored how the Joint Commission’s PC-02 measure—Nulliparous Women with a Term, Singleton Baby in a Vertex Position Delivered by Cesarean Birth—can be used as a metric and as a catalyst for meaningful change in maternal care. Presenters provided an overview of its structure and criteria while focusing on real-world clinical complexities that influence cesarean birth rates.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Guidelines for Postoperative Care in Cesarean Delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
November 4, 2025
Pervez Sultan, MBChB, FRCA, MD (Res)
This session examined the 2025 ERAS Society update on postoperative care in cesarean delivery. This session highlighted 13 evidence-based interventions—from early feeding and mobilization to multimodal pain management and breastfeeding support—designed to accelerate recovery, reduce complications, and improve maternal outcomes.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
A Team Approach to Adequately Treating Intraoperative Pain During Cesarean Delivery and Preventing Trauma
November 14, 2025
Heather Nixon, MD
This webinar explored the latest guidance from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) on managing pain during cesarean sections, with a focus on proper informed consent for patients and perioperative discussions as well as important information about the optimization of neuraxial anesthesia, and trauma-informed care.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Interpretation and Management
December 1, 2025
Laura Mercer, MD, MBA, MPH
This session discussed the new ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline, Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Interpretation and Management and highlight relevant changes in practice. Presenters provided an overview of the intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring nomenclature and classification system and reviewed recommendations stratified by strength and evidence quality for evaluation of intrapartum fetal heart rate management.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Beyond the Numbers: Understanding and Addressing Unexpected Term Neonatal Complications
December 10, 2025
Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH, and Elliott Main, MD
This session explored the complications that bring term newborns to the NICU and provided a deep dive on the Joint Commission’s PC-06 measure, Understanding and Addressing Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns.
A collection of timely, educational sessions focused on quality improvement and patient safety topics across obstetrics and gynecology care.
Implementing and Sustaining Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC) in Care
October 17, 2025
Pervez Sultan, MBChB, FRCA, MD (Res); Gregg Nelson, MD, PhD, FRCSC
This session explored best practices for implementing Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC). Covering the full spectrum of care—from preoperative preparation to postoperative recovery—it highlighted strategies to optimize cesarean delivery outcomes.
Interactive sessions that feature authors of groundbreaking articles to dig through their work, answer questions, and discuss opportunities to improve care.
A Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program to Address Rural and Medically Underserved Populations Using Telemedicine
April 28, 2026
Marie Hayes, PhD
Participants reviewed the article titled “A Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program to Address Rural and Medically Underserved Populations Using Telemedicine.” This session allowed participants to understand the barriers to accessing mental healthcare for perinatal populations residing in rural or medically underserved areas, explore ways to integrate telehealth into care to increase access to screening and brief interventions for mental health and substance use disorders during the perinatal period, and consider adaptations to the MCPAP for Moms model to tailor a perinatal access program to their area’s needs.
Interactive sessions that feature authors of groundbreaking articles to dig through their work, answer questions, and discuss opportunities to improve care.
Effectiveness of Two Systems-Level Interventions to Address Perinatal Depression in Obstetric Settings (PRISM)
February 24, 2026
Tiffany Moore-Simas, MD, MPH, MED
Participants reviewed the article titled “Effectiveness of two systems-level interventions to address perinatal depression in obstetric settings (PRISM): An active controlled cluster-randomized trial”. During the session, participants understood how system-level implementation strategies can improve perinatal depression outcomes in obstetric settings, interpreted the design and findings of a cluster-randomized trial evaluating real-world mental health interventions, and critically evaluated scalability, cost, and equity implications of perinatal mental health interventions.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Trauma-Informed Strategies to Support Patients and Families During and After Severe Maternal Morbidity
April 20, 2026
Tracey Vogel, MD, and Leslie Carranza, MD, MHS, FACOG
This session explored practical, trauma-informed strategies to provide support during and after an incident, helping reduce emotional, psychological, and physical distress and promote recovery.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Care for the Parent-Infant Dyad Affected by Opioid Use
March 19, 2026
Elizabeth Krans, MD, MSc, and Leslie Young, MD
This session explored postpartum care for the parent-infant dyad affected by opioid use disorder (OUD). The session discussed best practices for maternal OUD treatment, managing neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), ensuring safe and effective maternal pain control, supporting breastfeeding or the provision of human milk, reproductive health counseling, and linkage to ongoing care after delivery.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Optimizing Pain Management for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
February 19, 2026
Sarah Osmundson, MD, MS
This session explored the 2025 consensus statement on pain management for pregnant patients with opioid use disorder-a joint publication from SOAP, SMFM and ASRA.
A collection of timely, educational sessions focused on quality improvement and patient safety topics across obstetrics and gynecology care.
Optimizing Nurse Driven Protocols for OBGYN Care
April 9, 2026
Courtney Martin, DO, MHA, FACOG; Daisy Ramos, MSN, C-EFM, RNC-OB, PHN; Caitlin Soyring, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Nurse-driven protocols have the potential to transform obstetric and gynecologic care delivery. When thoughtfully designed, operationalized, and sustained, these protocols empower nurses to initiate timely interventions, standardize care, and support early recognition of maternal complications. This session highlights real-world examples and practical strategies for building and implementing nurse-driven workflows across diverse care settings.
A 2-part deep dive educational offering on quality and safety topics: one a brief conversation with the author of an article or guidance publication, followed by a separate teaching webinar on implementation and actional take aways for patient care.
Bridging the Gaps: Advancing Severe Maternal Morbidity Measurement, Quality Improvement, and Trauma-Informed Care
April 16, 2026
Andreea Creanga, MD, PhD
In this session, participants explored the 2026 committee statement on Measurement and Improvement Strategies for Reduction of Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM). Our presenter focused on topics including differing SMM definitions and measurement strategies and future directions in SMM measurement, as well as quality improvement strategies to reduce SMM and support patients, families, and staff during and after the event.
Interactive sessions that feature authors of groundbreaking articles to dig through their work, answer questions, and discuss opportunities to improve care.
Associations Between Implementation of the Collaborative Care Model and Disparities in Prenatal Depression Care
March 31, 2026
Emily S. Miller, MD, MPH
In this journal club session, participants reviewed the article titled “Associations Between Implementation of the Collaborative Care Model and Disparities in Perinatal Depression Care”. This session allowed participants to identify where disparities occur in the perinatal depression pathway, understand how a collaborative care model can standardize care delivery, and interpret how implementation of the collaborative care model was associated with reductions in racial disparities in care delivery.