June 2025
2nd Edition
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Inside this edition:
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2025 Perinatal Summit Attendee and Sponsorship Registration Now Open
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Obstetric Hemorrhage Community of Learning: Now Enrolling Interested Hospitals
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NEW: MNPQC's Hospital Designation Program
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Partner Spotlight: Kiwi Cares
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Updated Guidance for Safe Place for Newborns Law
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LINK ECHO Series Session 6
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Resources: CMV Awareness Month and March of Dimes: Educational Opportunities
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2025 Perinatal Summit Attendee and Sponsorship Registration Now Open |
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Join us for this year's Summit focused on Connecting Communities, Enhancing Outcomes. This event emphasizes our dedication to bringing together multidisciplinary professionals from across Minnesota to foster significant advancements in perinatal health. Let's unite, exchange insights, and make a lasting impact!
Date: October 28, 2025
Location: Minneapolis, MN |
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Obstetric Hemorrhage Community of Learning: Now Enrolling Interested Hospitals |
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Obstetric hemorrhage remains a leading cause of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Timely recognition and response are critical to saving lives and improving maternal outcomes. Guided by the AIM Obstetric Hemorrhage Patient Safety Bundle, this Obstetric Hemorrhage Community of Learning, starting from September 2025 to April 2026, is tailored to meet the varying needs of Minnesota’s rural, urban, and suburban communities. This program was designed with equity in mind, recognizing that resources, staffing, and access vary across the state. |
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NEW: MNPQC's Hospital Designation Program |
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We are thrilled to launch MNPQC's Hospital Designation Program, recognizing hospitals dedicated to high-quality, evidence-based care for mothers and newborns through MNPQC initiatives and community of learning programs. This program is being implemented to drive accountability, share successful strategies, and improve maternal and neonatal outcomes statewide. Ella Krispin presented the first Banner of Excellence to Mallory Cummings at Aspirus St. Luke’s Duluth, a leader in quality improvement. |
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Partner Spotlight: Kiwi Cares |
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Check out our latest Partner Spotlight featuring Kiwi Cares. This organization is dedicated to enhancing maternal health in Minnesota by fostering community support among birthing individuals and families. Kiwi Cares offers financial assistance and vital resources, addressing funding gaps to better support those giving birth. Read the full interview to learn more about their impactful initiatives! |
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Updated Guidance for Safe Place for Newborns Law |
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The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) has updated guidance on the Safe Place for Newborns law. This law allows those who give birth to voluntarily and anonymously leave their newborns in designated safe places without fear of prosecution for abandonment. When a safe place birth takes place at a hospital, the hospital will keep the individual's identity confidential when registering the newborn’s birth record, following Minnesota Statute, section 144.216, subdivision 4(b). The hospital cannot report the person who gave birth to the local child welfare agency. |
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LINK ECHO Series
Session 6: Strategies for Developing Family Care Plans |
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This session will highlight local-level strategies for developing and implementing Plans of Safe Care to support pregnant and parenting people affected by substance use. A featured Minnesota county representative will share their approach to creating effective, family-centered plans that promote coordination across healthcare, child welfare, and community support systems. Participants will learn about practical tools, collaborative workflows, and lessons learned that can help improve outcomes for families and ensure compliance with federal requirements. This session is ideal for teams working to build or strengthen cross-sector approaches to supporting families impacted by substance use. |
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June is CMV Awareness Month |
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This course features three 15-minute videos on CMV and its effects on those who give birth. By age five, 1 in 3 children is expected to be infected, with 50% of adults infected by age 40. CMV is the leading congenital viral infection in newborns, potentially causing issues with the brain, liver, spleen, lungs, and growth. The most prevalent long-term health issue for infants with CMV is hearing loss. |
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March of Dimes: Educational Opportunities |
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Join the leaders in maternal and infant health to promote healthy outcomes for mothers and babies. For nearly 40 years, they have offered educational opportunities that drive change in family care, reduce maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, and address health equity gaps. |
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