Jackson General among hospitals for perinatal quality care
The following is a news release from West Tennessee Healthcare:
In 2022, TIPQC and hospitals from across the state worked to provide optimal cord clamping to every baby born in Tennessee. Optimal cord clamping means that the cord was not clamped until the baby
was 1 minute old. This project benefits every baby born in Tennessee – term and preterm.
Group photo of Women’s Center employees with their TIPQC project completion banner.
But the project was also the first step in providing the best care to Tennessee’s Tiniest Babies. This project, which has a total of five bundles, is aimed at reducing the mortality for infants born at less than or equal to 29.6 weeks gestational age. TIPQC concluded our Optimal Cord Clamping Project* in October 2023, with 26 hospital teams earning banners for their work!
(*For more information on this project please see https://tipqc.org/occ/)
Twelve (12) hospitals achieved a 5-star rating which consisted of active project participation including
huddles and coaching calls, monthly outcome and structure data capture, data driven QI work, clinical
change implementation, and reaching the state goal of 90% of infants receiving optimal cord clamping.
- Ascension St Thomas Midtown Hospital
- Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
- Ballad Health Bristol Regional Medical Center
- Blount Memorial Hospital
- Greeneville Community Hospital
- Hardin Medical Center
- Jackson Madison County General Hospital
- Niswonger Children’s Hospital
- Regional One Health
- Tennova North Knoxville Medical Center
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg
Four-star ratings were awarded to:
- Cumberland Medical Center
- Erlanger Health System
- Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
- Franklin Woods Community Hospital
- University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
