CMQCC Activities

  • Presentations, publications, significant events, awards, etc (short description of the audience/conference and the presentation) 
  • Highlights of committee meetings as a way to keep everyone in the loop

May 2010

5.26-27 Invited Presentation:  AWHONN California Convention (Elliott Main)

April 2010

4.27 Invited Presentation: "NQF Measures: Implementing the National Perinatal Quality Measures" Beacon Collaborative Meeting (Elliott Main)

March 2010

3.19 Invited Presentation: "Obstetric Hemorrhage: New Strategies, New Protocol" El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA (Elliott Main)

3.01 "California Focuses on Reducing Maternal Mortality", OB Gyn News, March 2010, Vol 45 No. 3 

February 2010

2.10 Invited Presentation: "Helping Save Mothers Lives" (Debra Bingham)

January 2010

1.26  Joint Commission Alert:  http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_44.htm

November 2009

11.04  Invited Presentation: "Rising Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in California: We All Have Work to Do"  Perinatal Medical Social Worker Meeting, O'Conner Hospital, San Jose, CA (Christine Morton, PhD)

October 2009

10.22 Invited Presentation: "Helping Save Mother's Lives: Implementation of CMQCC's Obstetric Hemorrhage Tools" RPPC Region 8 (Debra Bingham,DrPH)

September 2009

9.10 Invited Presentation: "Helping Save Mother's Lives: Implementation of CMQCC's Obstetric Hemorrhage Tools" Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Grand Rounds, San Jose, CA (Debra Bingham, DrPH)

9.9 Invited Presentation: "Improving Maternity Outcomes: CMQCC Update" Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA (Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, Elliott Main, MD)

August 2009

OB Chair at Harvard promotes CMQCC OB Hemorrhage tools in OBGYN Editorial:  http://www.obgmanagement.com/article_pages.asp?AID=7779&UID

8.12  Participant "Early Term Birth Quality Improvement Action Summit" March of Dimes Big 5 and CMQCC, San Francisco,, CA (Debra Bingham, DrPH,RN, Elliott Main, MD)

8.14  Invited Presentation:  "Helping Save Mother's Lives: Implementation of CMQCC's Obstetric Hemorrhage Tool-Kit", Regional Perenatal Programs of California, Region 2, Lake Tahoe, Nevada (Debra Bingham, DrPh, RN)

June 2009

6.1 Invited Presentation: Premature Infant Summit, Sacramento, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

6.8  Participant Normal Birth Conference, United Kingdom (Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, Christine Morton, PhD)

6.29  Invited Presentation: "Quality Improvement Opportunities for Nurses, Physicians and Facilities Identified During the California Pregnancy-Associated Maternal Mortality Review", Association of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses Annual Convention, San Diego, CA (Debra Bingham, DrPH,RN)

May 2009

5.28  Invited Presentation: "Saving Mother's Lives: CMQCC Update", Perinatal Advisory Council: Leadership, Advocacy and Consultation, Los Angeles, CA (Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, Elliott Main, MD)

April 2009

4.8   Invited Presentation:  "CMQCC: Quality Measurement and Improvement for California Maternity Services", Childbirth Connection, Washington, DC (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

March 2009

3.16-17  Presentation: "Maternal Issues and CMQCC," Regional Perenatal Programs of California, Birth and Beyond (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

3.20   Presentation:  Grand Rounds, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN, Elliott Main, MD)

February 2009

2.27 Presentation:  " CMQCC Ob Hemorrhage Task Force Update," Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, Napa, CA  (Debra Bingham, MS, RN, Audrey Lyndon, RNC, PhD, CNS)

January 2009

1.21  Presentation: "CMQCC Help Save Women's Lives," Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program, Monterey, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

1.26-27 Presentation:  Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Los Angeles, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

1.28  Presentation:   American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, San Diego, CA (Elliott Main, MD)

December 2008

12.3  Presentation:  New York Regional Perinatal Meeting (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

12.5  Presentation: "CMQCC", Vermont Oxford Meeting, (Elliott Main, MD; Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

November 2008

11.7  Presentation: "National Measure of Perinatal Quality and OB Hemorrhage", Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program, Monterey, California, (Debra Bingham, MS, RN; Elliott Main, MD)

October 2008

10.9 RPPC Region 1 Presentation:

10.08 Participant National Quality Forum - At the Crossroads (Debra Bingham, MS, RN

10.22  Presentation:  MCAH Action

10.23  Invited Presentation: RPPC Region 6.7

September 2008

9.12 Presentation: "Rise in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: A Call to Action",  Lamaze International Annual Conference, Louisville, KY (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

August 2008

8.8 Presentation: California Title V Annual Review (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

June 2008

6.19 Invited  Presentation: "CMQCC Update", RPPC Region 1, Santa Rosa, CA (Debra  Bingham, MS, RN)

May 2008

5.17 Elliot Main, MD and other CMQCC staff are intereviewed for LA Times Article -  http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-birth17-2009may17,0,7665456.story  , "More C-sections, More problems," by Lisa Girion, May 17, 2009

5.1 Presentation: CMQCC: Quality Measurement and Improvement for California Maternity Services, New York State Conference Call. (Jeff Gould, MD, Barbara Murphy, MS, RN, CNS, Elliott Main, MD, Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

5.1 Presentation:  Perinatal Symposium (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

April 2008

4.24 East Bay RPPC, "CMQCC Update" (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

4.22  Presentation: March of Dimes - Risk Appropriate Care (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

March 2008

3.7  Invited Plenary Presentation:  "Maternal Morbidity and Mortality:  A Call to Action!", Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.  (Debra Bingham, MS, RN) 

3.6  Invited Day Long Workshop:  "Every Change Needs A Champion", Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.  (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

3.4  Presentation:  "Quality Improvement Opportunities for Maternity Care:  California's Innovative Approach", Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Annual Conference, Alexandria, VA.  (Elliott Main, MD, Debra Bingham, MS, RN, Amy Godecker, PhD) 

3.3 Invited Participants at the National Quality Forum's first Perinatal Steering Committee Meeting (to determine national quality measures for perinatal medicine), Washington, D.C. (Elliott Main, MD and Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

February 2008

2.7  Invited Presentation:  "CMQCC Update",  Orange County Perinatal Committee, Orange County, CA.  (Debra Bingham)

January 2008

1.24  Invited Plenary Presentation:  "California Maternal Morbidity and Mortality:  We All Have Work to Do!", Perinatal Potpourri:  Reaching Out and Looking Forward, MCCPOP 28th Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA. (Elliott Main, MD and Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

1.7  Elliott Main, MD is quoted and the work of CMQCC is mentioned in the USA Today article on the rising rates of cesarean sections.  http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-07-csections_N.htm

December 2007

12.12  Invited Presentation:  "Large-Scale Quality Improvment in Obstetrics" at the 31st Annual Meeting for the Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français, Séminaire AUDIPOG L’Évaluation des Pratiques Professionnelles: de la Théorie à la Pratique. Paris, FR  (Elliott Main, MD)

12.12  Presentation:  "California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review: From Surveillance to Quality Improvement", 13th Annual, CDC, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH-EPI) Conference, "Making Methods and Practive Matter for Women, Children and Families" Atlanta, GA (Amy Godecker, PhD and Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

November 2007

11.16  Presentation: "CMQCC Update" at Kaiser So. California Regional Perinatal Leadership Meeting (Debra Bingham, MS RN)

11.15  Presentation: "Maternal Mortality: a Call to Action, CMQCC Update", March of Dimes Valley Division 3rd Annual Perinatal Conference, Modesto, CA (Debra Bingham, MS RN)

11.08  Participant:  Steering Committee for Childbirth Connection 90th Anniversary National Conference on Maternal Quality (Debra Bingham, MS RN)

11.06  Presentation:  Perinatal Summit , Sacramento, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN) 

11.01  CMQCC is invited to join National Quality Forum (NQF), the designated organization to determine national quality measures (and who are about to recommend perinatal measures!)

October 2007 

10.30  Presentations:  2nd National Preconception Conference:  "Honoring Women's Lives:   " (Amy Godecker, PhD and Debra Bingham, MS RN) and  (Elliott Main, MD)

10.17  Presentation:  California Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Action meeting, Sacramento, CA (Amy Godecker, PhD and Debra Bingham, MS, RN)  

10.16  Presentation:  HRSA Meeting in Arlington, D.C (Amy Godecker, PhD, Debra Bingham, MS RN, and Elliott Main, MD)

10.11  Oral Presenation:  Pacific Coast OB GYN Society, Lake Las Vegas, NV (Elliott Main, MD)

10.04  Presentation: "CMQCC Overview", PAC/LAC Regional Meeting in Van Nuys (Elliott Main, MD and Debra Bingham, MS RN)

September 2007 

9.28  Two national leaders in OB Anesthesia join CA-PAMR Committee. Drs. Sheila Cohen, MB, ChB, FRCA and Patricia A. Dailey, MD

9.26  Presentation:  LMCQI Pilot Project at RPPC State meeting, San Francisco, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

9.24  Participant:  MIHA Advisory Committee, Sacramento, CA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)  

9.07  Presentation:  "Helping Hospitals Change", Annual Lamaze International Conference, Phoenix, AZ (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

Guest Editorial:  Journal of Perinatal Education, "Every Change Needs A Champion" by Debra Bingham, MS, RN

August 2007 

8.14  Presentation:  HRSA/MCH Bureau Title V Grant, San Francisco, CA. (Elliott Main, MD and Debra Bingham, MS, RN) 

July 2007

7.10  Participant:  Organizational representative at the 15th Annual Liaison Network Forum at The Joint Commission's Central Office in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. (Debra Bingham, MS, RN)

May 2007

 5.23 & 24   Participant:  Institute for Healthcare Improvement Perinatal Community of Practice conference in Boston, MA (Debra Bingham, MS, RN) 

 5.22 & 23   Participant and Presenter:  First March of Dimes Big 5 Summit (Elliott Main, MD)