The Obstetrics Committee of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) is excited to announce the initiation of a quality improvement initiative that will be integrated into the current TexasAIM Hypertension Bundle. The initiative’s goal is to improve the recognition and response to postpartum preeclampsia in emergency department in partnership with their obstetrics departments. We are looking for Emergency Department clinicians and administrators interested in joining the Recognition and Response to Postpartum Preeclampsia in the Emergency Department (PPED) workgroup. If you are interested or would like additional information about the project, please contact TCHMB-PPED@utsystem.edu.
Newborn Admission Temperature (NAT) Project Update
The Neonatal Committee of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) has completed two data collection periods for the Newborn Admission Temperature (NAT) Project. Of the 157 hospitals enrolled, 110 (70%) have submitted data for the most recent (second) data collection period. Overall, data quality has improved since the first data collection period, with more hospitals submitting data stratified by race/ethnicity. The NAT team is currently working on a report that will be published to the website in the coming month.
For hospitals needing additional support, we will provide weekly “NAT Office Hours” on Wednesdays from 12-2pm. Please feel free to drop in any time during these sessions for individual support. If you need the link for the meeting or if this time does not work for you, please reach out to us at nat@utsystem.edu.
Q&A with Dr. James Hill, TCHMB's New Obstetrics Committee Co-Chair
Q&A with Gloria Delgado, TCHMB's New Obstetrics Committee Co-Chair
Collecting, Stratifying and Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Language (REaL) Data in Healthcare
NAT Office Hours
Q&A with Dr. Patrick Ramsey, TCHMB Chief Medical Officer
The 87th Legislature and Maternal and Infant Health
Q&A with Dr. Catherine Eppes, TCHMB Chair
Dr. Catherine Eppes, the new chair of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB), has set herself two straightforward but challenging goals for the next two years.