We are excited to announce the award recipients for the 2025 CMQCC Quality and Engagement Awards! We present the following awards to member hospitals who go above and beyond to improve the quality of care for California’s birthing people and their families.
The 2025 Award Communications Package to help hospital staff share their award(s) can be found in Box or Google Drive.
Maternal Data Center (MDC) Early Implementers Award
Awarded to hospitals that implemented a new MDC measure or feature
For 2025: Doula Support in Labor or Primary Cesarean QI Initiative Structure Measures
Maternal Data Center (MDC) Superstar Award: Small Birth Volume Hospitals
Awarded to hospitals with <1,000 annual births that exhibited high levels of engagement with the MDC
Maternal Data Center (MDC) Superstar Award: Medium Birth Volume Hospitals
Awarded to hospitals with between 1,000 and 2,499 births that exhibited high levels of engagement with the MDC
Maternal Data Center (MDC) Superstar Award: Large Birth Volume Hospitals
Awarded to hospitals with 2,500 or more births that exhibited high levels of engagement with the MDC
Quality & Sustainability Award: NTSV Cesarean Birth Rate (PC-02)
Awarded to hospitals that met and maintained California’s target rate for the NTSV Cesarean Birth measure for three consecutive years
Quality & Sustainability Award: QI Academy Collaborative Hospitals
Awarded to QI Academy-participating hospitals that met and maintained their target rate for their selected quality initiative
Quality & Sustainability Award: Maternal Safety Standards Implementation
Awarded to hospitals that documented implementation of one or both of the Joint Commission’s Maternal Safety Standards in the MDC
NEW! Quality and Sustainability Honor Roll
Awarded to hospitals with performance reflecting an outstanding level of work that goes above and beyond the eligibility criteria for one or more of CMQCC’s Quality & Sustainability Awards