Perinatal Multidisciplinary Committee

Perinatal Multidisciplinary Committee 1. The purpose of the committee is to provide oversight and leadership to the entire maternal program. Each perinatal center may choose to have one or more committees as needed to accomplish the task. One committee must be multidisciplinary and focus on program oversight and leadership. The major focus will be on PI activities, policy development, communication among all team members, and establishment of standards of care, and education. The committee has administrative and systematic control and oversees implementation of all program related services, meets regularly, takes attendance, maintains minutes and works to correct overall program deficiencies to optimize patient care. Membership for the committee includes representatives from: a. Maternal Medical Director (Chairman – must be present at greater than 75% of all meetings.) b. Maternal Program Manager c. Neonatal Medical Director (if different from MMD) d. Neonatal Program Manager (if different from MPM) e. Pediatrician or Neonatologist f. Obstetrics and Gynecology * g. Certified Nurse Midwife (if applicable) h. Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM)** i. Anesthesia*** j. Labor and Delivery k. Nursing l. Laboratory m. Radiology (Ultrasound) n. Respiratory Therapy o. Social Services/Pastoral Care p. Dietary q. Lactation Specialist (or equivalent) r. General surgery s. Internal Medicine t. Family Medicine u. Advanced Practice Provider v. Intensive Care Unit 2. The clinical managers (or designees) of the departments involved with maternal care must play an active role with the committee. 3. The OB Center may wish to accomplish performance improvement activities in this committee or develop a separate peer review committee. This committee must handle peer review independently from department-based review. The committee must meet regularly and maintain attendance and minutes. This committee must report findings to the overall hospital performance improvement (PI) program. * The director of obstetric service shall be a board-certified OB-GYN or MFM. ** The director of the MFM program shall be a board-eligible or board-certified MFM physician. *** The director of obstetric anesthesia services shall be a board-certified anesthesiologist with obstetric anesthesia fellowship training or experience in obstetric anesthesia.