Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative 13th Annual Conference

Calling all obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians, nurse midwives, and other perinatal healthcare practitioners, nurses, lactation counselors, perinatal health educators, social workers, quality leaders, public health professionals, and all advocates interested in perinatal health!

Join us to share strategies and lessons learned from perinatal quality improvement (QI) efforts across Illinois as well as across the country, and hear from national and state leaders providing resources and expertise as we strengthen state-based perinatal quality efforts to improve perinatal outcomes for our statewide QI initiatives.

We will also hear from other state perinatal quality collaboratives' success stories in perinatal mental health, health equity, patient and community engagement, perinatal social determinants of health workflows, and other QI initiatives with insights from national leaders and personal stories.

Breakout sessions will be held for OB teams, Neonatal teams, and Patient/Family, Community, and Patient/Parent Partners. We will continue the tradition of teams sharing hospital QI initiatives with our interactive Poster Session (see below for abstract submission information).

For more information on the agenda, including times and topics, please visit our website at

Patient Partners:

We invite ALL patient partners to attend the ILPQC 13th Annual Conference for FREE! Please email [email protected] for a free registration code.

Poster Session Abstract Submission Information:

ALL hospital teams are encouraged to submit an abstract on complete or in-progress quality improvement work in any area. Abstracts submitted by Tuesday, September 30th, will be reviewed for awards. We especially encourage hospitals that have not previously submitted an abstract, including Level I and Level II hospitals, to submit an abstract this year! A poster template will be provided, and support is available from ILPQC. QI stories of successes, opportunities, and plans for 2025 related to any of the current ILPQC initiatives or other OB or Neonatal QI efforts are welcome.

Top abstracts in each submission category (OB, Neonatal, Patent Family Engagement, Level 1/Level II) will receive an Award of Excellence. One abstract in the OB and Neonatal submission category will receive special recognition for Best Use of Data & Best Project Implementation.

The Annual OB & Neonatal Teams Survey is now live:

This is your team’s opportunity to share what you need and how ILPQC can best support you in your QI journey. We ask that every team complete this survey. Please coordinate across OB & Neonatal initiatives so one person from your hospital submits on behalf of the team. Deadline: Tuesday, September 30. We want to hear from YOU—your input is essential!

Hotel Information:

We have a limited number of special rate rooms available at the Westin in Lombard for $165 per night. To reserve a room, or call (630) 719-8000 and request to book under the “2025 ILPQC 13th Annual Conference” room block. Please book by Tuesday, October 21, 2025, to receive the reduced rate.

Event Parking:

On-site parking is available free of charge in the Westin Lombard parking lot.

Host or Publisher Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative