HARRISBURG, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#maternalhealth–The Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PA PQC) is pleased to announce the recipients of its second annual Perinatal Quality Improvement Designation Awards which were presented at its annual conference in Altoona on May 21, 2025.
Designation awards and levels are based on meeting quality improvement milestone criteria over a 12-month period, starting from April 2024 through March 2025. The awards were announced and presented to staff from each hospital during a ceremony at the Blair County Convention Center. Those earning the silver or gold designation level have undertaken additional projects focused on health equity and/or patient voice within maternal and neonatal health care.
Hospitals recognized at the ceremony include:
ACMH Hospital
AHN – Forbes Hospital
AHN – Jefferson Hospital
AHN – St. Vincent
AHN – West Penn Hospital
Doylestown Hospital
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Geisinger – Bloomsburg Hospital
Geisinger – Community Medical Center
Geisinger – Lewistown Hospital
Geisinger – Medical Center, Danville
Geisinger – Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Grand View Hospital Maternity Department
Guthrie – Robert Packer Hospital Birthing Center
Holy Redeemer Hospital
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Jefferson Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
Jefferson Health – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Lehigh Valley Health Network – Cedar Crest
Lehigh Valley Health Network – Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Health Network – Muhlenberg
Lehigh Valley Health Network – Pocono
Lehigh Valley Health Network – Schuylkill
Main Line Health – Bryn Mawr Hospital
Main Line Health – Lankenau Medical Center
Main Line Health – Paoli Hospital
Main Line Health – Riddle Hospital
Mount Nittany Medical Center
Penn Highlands DuBois
Penn Medicine – Chester County Hospital
Penn Medicine – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Medicine – Lancaster General/Women and Babies
Penn Medicine – Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn State Health – Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
Penn State Health –St. Joseph’s
Punxsutawney Area Hospital
St. Clair Hospital
St. Luke’s University Health Network – Allentown
St. Luke’s University Health Network – Anderson
St. Luke’s University Health Network – Upper BucksTower Health – Phoenixville Hospital
Tower Health System – Reading Hospital
Trinity Health – St. Marys Medical Center
UPMC Altoona
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Hamot
UPMC Hanover UPMC Harrisburg
UPMC Horizon
UPMC Magee Womens Hospital
UPMC Memorial in York
UPMC Northwest
UPMC Wellsboro (Susquehanna Soldiers and Sailors)
UPMC Williamsport (Susquehanna Williamsport)
Warren General Hospital
Wayne General Hospital
WellSpan – Evangelical Community Hospital
WellSpan – Ephrata Community Hospital
WellSpan – Gettysburg Hospital
WellSpan – Good Samaritan Hospital
WellSpan – Summit Health Chambersburg Hospital
WellSpan – York Hospital
“Pennsylvanians understand the need to address the ongoing challenges affecting mothers and their newborn babies, especially those causing maternal and infant deaths. Through participation in the Perinatal Quality Collaborative, hospital staff have demonstrated the ability to work with community services to make a difference. With a refocus of priorities at the national level, birthing hospitals across Pennsylvania have responded by increasing their work locally to improve the care of mothers and babies in their communities,” said James Cook, MD, Neonatal Health Co-Chair of the PA PQC Advisory Group and Medical Director of the Northeastern PA PQC.
In Pennsylvania, perinatal health issues persist, including racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and neonatal outcomes, higher than average maternal sepsis rates, and drug overdose deaths during pregnancy and postpartum. The PA PQC addresses these challenges through various initiatives, including Maternal Opioid Use Disorder, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Maternal Sepsis, and Safe Sleep. Through collaborative efforts, the PA PQC aims to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes across the state.
“We are proud to recognize the hospitals across Pennsylvania that are leading the way in improving maternal and newborn outcomes in childbirth,” said Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, President and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. “Their commitment to quality improvement and patient-centered care is helping to address some of the most pressing challenges in maternal health. These designations reflect meaningful progress toward safer care for all families in the Commonwealth.”
The PA PQC is administered by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and WHAMglobal, and it is affiliated with the Northeastern Pennsylvania PQC (NEPaPQC).
About the Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative
The Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PA PQC) provides quality improvement support to healthcare teams to improve the standard of care for pregnant and postpartum people and babies. Seventy-seven birth sites and NICUs from across the commonwealth participate in the PA PQC. The PA PQC is administered by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and WHAMglobal, and it is affiliated with the Northeastern Pennsylvania PQC (NEPaPQC). For more information, visit papqc.org.
About the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and its three operating arms — the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), Health Careers Futures (HCF), and the Women’s Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal) — offer a unique brand of activist philanthropy to advance healthcare innovation, advocacy, collaboration, and education in the interest of better health. For more information, visit jhf.org.
Contacts
Contact:
Scotland Huber, 412-594-2553
[email protected]
