Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative
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Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
Access LARC
Increasing Access to Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
Project Goal:
To work with participating Florida hospitals to improve hospital policies, procedures, and collaboration to increase access to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception, and to work with Medicaid, and other payers and state partners, to facilitate access and use.
Access LARC News & Announcements
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Access LARC Initiative Resources
Online Tool Box for Participating Access LARC Hospitals
This Tool Box contains tool kit documents, example policies and educational materials, and more. This resource is updated regularly throughout the project.
2019 "Immediate Postpartum LARC: Bringing this Option to Women Throughout Florida"
Training Slide Sets:
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Archived Webinars
March 13, 2019 - Celebrating Successes, Further Tips
November 14, 2018 - Access LARC - Road to Implementation
September 12, 2018 - Access LARC Webinar - Celebrating Success
June 13, 2018 - The Value of Quality Improvement Methods in Access LARC: Process Mapping and PDSAs
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Overcoming Resistance to Change: Be the Change Leader!
April 11, 2018 - Contracting, Billing, and Pharmacy Update
February 14, 2018 - What Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) are DoingDecember 13, 2017 - Tracking Your Initiative Progress (Data)
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Participating Hospitals
Bayfront Health St Petersburg Baby Place
Carolinas HealthCare System Union
Carolinas Medical Center
Indian River Medical Center
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Orlando Health Physicians Group Residency Team
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
Tampa General Hospital
UF Health Jacksonville
UF Health Gainesville
University of Florida Residency Program Pensacola
Over half of pregnancies in the United States are unintended; in 2010, Florida’s unintended pregnancy rate was 59% (Kost 2015). Furthermore, in 2010, 71% of unplanned Florida births were publicly funded (Sonfield and Kost 2015). The consequences of unintended or closely spaced pregnancies include poor pregnancy outcomes (i.e., low birth weight, preterm birth, small for gestational age), delayed initiation of prenatal care, lower breastfeeding rates, and higher risk of maternal depression and potential future child maltreatment (Guttmacher Institute 2011). Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARC), including intrauterine devices (IUD) and progesterone implants, are safe and highly effective in preventing unintended pregnancies. Moreover, these can be given to women immediately after delivery.
Project Timeline:
This project launched in Fall 2017. Hospitals will participate in collaborative activities, including online learning sessions, in-person training, and submission and review of quality improvement process and outcome data until Spring of 2019. Strategies will be adaptable to all hospital settings. Each facility can either adopt an existing set of protocols or guidelines and tools or develop/adapt protocols or guidelines and tools using the evidence-based elements.
Collaborative hospitals will learn improvement strategies that include establishing goals and methods to develop, and test and implement changes to their systems using a quality improvement change cycle.