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Perinatal Quality Collaborative Vermont (PQC-VT)

The Perinatal Quality Collaborative Vermont (PQC-VT) is a formal partnership of long-standing Vermont Child Health Improvement Program projects that have joined forces to become Vermont’s resource for perinatal care.
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Optimizing Perinatal and Infant Care in Vermont

The mission of the Perinatal Quality Collaborative Vermont is to optimize health access, treatment, and outcomes in pregnancy and infancy through collaboration and continuous quality improvement.

PQC-VT Handout (PDF)
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Maternal Health Innovation

The Maternal Health Innovation project is a federally funding initiative of the Vermont Department of Health Family and Child Health Division to support work across sectors and to improve the health and well-being of birthing people.

Learn more about MHI and the six Regional Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

Current Projects

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Vermont Perinatal Substance Use Journey Map

This journey map shares ICoNS Patient and Family Advisor's honest reflections and sheds light on the complex, often non-linear path to recovery. We are grateful for their courage, vulnerability, and willingness to share and to help inform effective and empathetic care approaches and reduce stigma.

Lived Experience Journey Map (PDF)

Announcements

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Reports

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  • The annual Perinatal Public Health (PDF) report presents data focused on understanding births and related pregnant person factors and infant outcomes across Vermont.
  • The annual Evaluation and Report of Perinatal Statistics for Vermont Community Hospitals report is an analysis of perinatal data for ten Vermont community hospitals with obstetric services. The report includes data reported by hospital staff and data reported to the Vermont Department of Health including birth certificate data, immunization registry data and newborn screening registry data. The report is shared annually with community hospitals during the spring through annual stats conferences to review perinatal outcomes data in the context of key maternal and newborn quality indicators. 

Project Team

Faculty

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  • Whittney Barkhuff, MD, Assistant Professor of Neonatology
  • Sarah Guth, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
  • Breena Holmes, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics
  • Delia Horn, MD, Assistant Professor of Neonatology
  • Samuel Loren, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Carole McBride, PhD, Assistant Professor and Faculty Scientist, Research of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Kelley McLean, MD, Associate Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Charles Mercier, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
  • Marjorie Meyer, MD, Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Vice Chair for Obstetrics
  • Deirdre O'Reilly, MD, Associate Professor of Neonatology
  • Adrienne Pahl, MD, Assistant Professor of Neonatology
  • Marianne (Molly) Rideout, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
  • Michelle Shepard, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Aaron Wallman-Stokes, MD, Assistant Professor of Neonatology

Vermont Department of Health

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  • Ilisa Stalberg, MSS, MLSP, Family and Child Health Director
  • Katy Leffel, RN, BSN, IBCLC, Perinatal Nurse Coordinator
  • Laura Pentenrieder, MPH, Program Manager
  • Kathryn Wolfe, LICSW, Public Health Specialist

Staff

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  • Julie Parent, MPH, MSW, Project Director, Department of Pediatrics
  • Angela Zinno, MA, Project Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics
  • Courtenay Devlin, MS, Data Manager, Department of Pediatrics
  • Kim Dacek, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Perinatal Community Outreach Nurse Practitioner, Department of Pediatrics
  • Samantha Bellinger, MA, Program Specialist, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
  • Kayla Panko, BSN, RNC-MNN, AIM Nurse Educator, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences