145.9572 MINNESOTA PERINATAL QUALITY COLLABORATIVE.
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145.9572 MINNESOTA PERINATAL QUALITY COLLABORATIVE.
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Subdivision 1. Duties.
The Minnesota perinatal quality collaborative is established to improve pregnancy outcomes for pregnant people and newborns through efforts to:
(1)advance evidence-based and evidence-informed clinics and other health service practices and processes through quality care review, chart audits, and continuous quality improvement initiatives that enable equitable outcomes;
(2)review current data, trends, and research on best practices to inform and prioritize quality improvement initiatives;
(3)identify methods that incorporate antiracism into individual practice and organizational guidelines in the delivery of perinatal health services;
(4)support quality improvement initiatives to address substance use disorders in pregnant people and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome or other effects of substance use;
(5)provide a forum to discuss state-specific system and policy issues to guide quality improvement efforts that improve population-level perinatal outcomes;
(6)reach providers and institutions in a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and coordinated effort across system organizations to reinforce a continuum of care model; and
(7)support health care facilities in monitoring interventions through rapid data collection and applying system changes to provide improved care in perinatal health.
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Subd. 2. Grants authorized.
The commissioner of health must, within available appropriations, award one grant to a nonprofit organization to support efforts that improve maternal and infant health outcomes aligned with the purpose outlined in subdivision 1. The commissioner must give preference to a nonprofit organization that has the ability to provide these services throughout the state. The commissioner must provide content expertise to the grant recipient to further the accomplishment of the purpose.