Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Compare and contrast QA & QI programs in a midwifery practice
2. Explain components of Baystate Midwifery Division's quality management program
3. Outline a plan for implementing a QA/QI in their own practice

Faculty

Sharon Weintraub, CNM

Baystate Midwifery and Women's Health

Affiliate Instructor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the other members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.