| Thanks to All Participants |
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 Thanks for sharing tips with each other on the October phone calls about the Human Milk Initiative baseline data collection. I think we are on the way to becoming a professional learning community where "All Teach and All Learn," and that includes each team in the Initiative. 15 centers are participating in this initiative, listed here. I have scheduled another phone call on Thursday, November 18, from 3-4 pm. Any team is welcome to call in with questions or comments to share; the call in number is 919-962-2734. If your team did not participate in at least one of the October calls, please be sure to schedule a team member to participate on the 18th.
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| A Physician or Nurse Practitioner is highly advantageous for team success |
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 In this email I would like to highlight the role of the MD or NNP champion. Our work is multidisciplinary and as such, each team will recruit members from every discipline committed to the best outcomes for mothers and babies. A brief glance at the action plan reveals multiple areas where disciplines will work together to craft the system to assure support for every mother to provide milk for her baby. PQCNC has found the presence of a physician and/or an NNP to involve the medical staff in this work to be critical for advancing a quality agenda. I have included an article to share with your MD or NNP champion.
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| First Document shared by a Participating Team |
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 Phyllis Kombol has graciously provided the data collection tool she and her team developed for use at CMC-NorthEast in Concord.
Phyllis says: "We have used the portfolios with 3 hole punch prongs to hold the data collection sheets. We used the tabs to separate out the different categories of data collection, and it actually has been very easy for the staff to see what part is theirs each day. Hope this may help someone else, too."
Click here to view or print it. This is an example of individualizing the "look and feel" of the tool while still collecting the data points that will need to be entered into the web site when available. Thank you Phyllis!
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| Contact |
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Karen Metzguer
PQCNC Improvement Advisor
metzguer@med.unc.edu
Work: 919-966-8391
Mobile: 919-619-6332 |
