OPQC Publications

Statewide Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Early Elective Deliveries and Improve Birth Registry Accuracy

Published:  April 2018 in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors:   Heather C. Kaplan, Eileen King, Beth White, Susan Ford, Sandra Fuller, Michael Krew, Michael Marcotte, Jay D. Iams, Jennifer Bailit, Jo M. Bouchard, Kelly Friar, Carole Lannon

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Improves Care of Neonatal Narcotic Abstinence Syndrome

Published:  March 2018 in Pediatrics
Authors:   Michele C. Walsh, Moira Crowley, Scott Wexelblatt, Susan Ford, Pierce Kuhnell, Heather C. Kaplan, Richard McClead, Maurizio Macaluso, Carole Lannon

Using a State Birth Registry as a Quality Improvement Tool

Published: February 2017 in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: Carole S. Lannon, Heather C. Kaplan, Kelly Friar, Sandra Fuller, Susan Ford, Beth White, John Besl, John Paulson, Michael Marcotte, Michael Krew, Jennifer Bailit, Jay Iams

Progress of Statewide Progestogen Promotion Program in Ohio

Published: January 2017 in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: Jay Iams, Mary Applegate, Michael Marcotte, Martha Rome, Michael Krew, Jennifer Bailit, Heather Kaplan, Jessi Poteet,  Melissa Nance,  Dave McKenna, Hetty Walker, Jennifer Nobbe, Lakshmi Prasad, Maurizio Macaluso, Carole Lannon
 
Published: August 2016 in Maternal and Child Health Journal
Authors: Candice S. Lengyel, Shelley Ehrlich, Jay D. Iams, Louis J. Muglia, Emily A. DeFranco
 
Published: December 2015 in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Authors: Jennifer L. Bailit, Justin R. Lappen
 
Published: August 2015 in Implementation Science
Authors: Heather C. Kaplan, Colleen Mangeot, Susan N. Sherman, Charlena Cleveland, Sandra Fuller, Beth E. White, Susan Ford, Michael A. Krew, Michael P. Marcotte, Jay D. Iams, Jennifer Bailit, Jo M. Bouchard, Kelly Friar, Eileen King, Carole Lannon
 
Reliable implementation of evidence: a qualitative study of antenatal corticosteroid administration in Ohio hospitals
Published: June 2015 in BMJ Quality and Safety
Authors: Heather C. Kaplan, Susan N. Sherman, Charlena Cleveland, Linda M. Goldenhar, Carole M. Lannon, Jennifer L. Bailit
 
Identification of Candidates for Progesterone: Why, Who, How, and When?
Published: June 2014 in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Authors: Jay D. Iams, MD
 
Universal or Selective Cervical Length Screening?
Published: June 2013 in Contemporary OB/GYN
Authors: Kara B. Markham MD, and Jay D. Iams MD
 
The Investment Case for Preventing NICU-Associated Infections
Published: March 2013 in American Journal of Pediatrics
Authors: Edward F. Donovan, Karen Sparling, Michael R. Lake, Vivek Narendran, Kurt Schibler, Beth Haberman, Barbara Rose, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, on behalf of the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative
 
Published: August 2012 in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: Jennifer L. Bailit, Jay Iams, Angela Silber, Michael Krew, David McKenna, Michael Marcotte, Edward Donovan, for the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative
 
Spontaneous Late Preterm Births: What Can Be Done to Improve Outcomes?
Published: October 2011 in Seminars in Perinatology
Authors: Jay D. Iams, MD and Edward F. Donovan, MD

What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate: Obstacles to Optimal Care for Preterm Birth
Published: July 2011 in Clinics in Perinatology
Authors: Jay D. Iams, MD, Edward F. Donovan, MD, Barbara Rose, RN, MPH, Mona Prasad, DO, MPH
 

Ohio Statewide Quality-Improvement Collaborative to Reduce Late-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants
Published: February 2011 in Pediatrics
Authors: Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE, Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, Michele C. Walsh, MD, MSE, Edward F. Donovan, MD, for the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Rates of Labor Induction Without Medical Indication are Overestimated when Derived from Birth Certificate Data
Published: September 2010 in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: Jennifer L. Bailit, MD, MPH, Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Infant Death Among Ohio Resident Infants Born at 32 to 41 Weeks of Gestation
Published: July 2010 in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: Edward F. Donovan, MD, John Besl, MA, John Paulson, MS, Barbara Rose, RN, MPH, Jay Iams, MD, Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative

 
Discussion: 'Infant death among Ohio residents' by Donovan et al
Published: July 2010 in American Journal of Obsetrics and Gynecology
Authors: Alan T.N. Tita, Luisa A. Wetta, Elizabeth Bates, Amy Doss, Jamie L. Erwin
*This was a Round Table discussion in regards to the article 'Infant Death Among Ohio Resident Infants Born at 32 to 41 Weeks of Gestation'*
 
A Statewide Initiative to Reduce Inappropriate Scheduled Births at 36 0/7-38 6/7 Weeks' Gestation
Published: March 2010 in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Authors: The Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Writing Committee