AIMForward featured State Entity Bright Spot: Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies

TCHMB’s past quality improvement initiative PPED was featured in the April AIMForward newsletter.

A 2020 review by the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee and Texas Department of State Health Services revealed that preeclampsia and eclampsia were the leading cause of death in 11% of pregnancy–related deaths, and that 50% of these deaths occurred within 42 days of delivery. The Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) recognized this as an opportunity to improve diagnosis and treatment of preeclampsia and eclampsia to prevent pregnancy-related deaths by working with health providers in emergency departments. 

TCHMB’s Recognition and Response to Postpartum Preeclampsia in the Emergency Department (PPED) project aims to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality by identifying and treating postpartum patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with severe hypertension or preeclampsia in a timely fashion. Learn more about this initiative and check out their Myth vs Fact: Preeclampsia fact sheet. The Understanding Preeclampsia: A Guide for Preeclampsia provides evidence-based information on preeclampsia, just in time for National Preeclampsia Awareness Month in May.