Perinatal Network

Overview

Overview of the Perinatal Network

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The Loyola Administrative Perinatal Center (APC) is designated by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). The APC is a liaison and resource to provide quality maternal-fetal and neonatal care, and outreach education to hospitals within a network defined by IDPH. As the APC, Loyola is dedicated to improving health services in high-risk pregnancy and infant care while striving to improve accessibility of maternal-fetal medicine and neonatal services within our communities to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.

The APC receives referrals from network hospitals and a wide variety of physician practices throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola provides quality improvement activities and education that are specific to the needs of the network hospital and support the initiatives and programs of IDPH with an aim to improve outcomes for pregnant women and their babies. Loyola Medical Center is a Level III perinatal center with a proven record of accomplishments in providing excellent care to the high-risk mother while improving outcomes for infants born with congenital conditions or newborns requiring advanced medical and/or surgical care. 

The Level III Perinatal Center and APC offers a range of services including:

• Administration and implementation of IDPH Perinatal Health Care Programs
• 24/7 transport services for high-risk infant care
• Individualized inpatient and outpatient consultation services
• Professional educational outreach opportunities for nurses and physicians
• A team of professionals that assist in reviewing complex maternal and neonatal cases for the purpose of quality improvement and education
• A center of communication between IDPH and the network hospitals

Loyola University Medical Center
Roma Allen, MSNed, DNP, RNC-OB
Perinatal Network Administrator
roma.allen@luhs.org
708-327-9049

Network Hospitals

Level III: Perinatal Tertiary Care Services
Administrative Perinatal Center

Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) is a university-affiliated hospital that provides comprehensive care for women experiencing complicated, high-risk pregnancies and operates a NICU for newborns with special care needs at any gestation, and transfer/transport services. LUMC functions as a resource to network hospitals and accepts transfers of maternal and neonatal patients from in-network and out-of-network physician referrals.

Level III: Neonatal Intensive Care

Level III hospitals provide comprehensive care for women experiencing complicated, high-risk pregnancies and operates a NICU for newborns with special care needs at any gestation, and transfer/transport services.

St. Alexius Medical Center
Joan Cappelletti, MSN, RN-BC, MSML
Executive Director of Nursing
joan.cappelletti@amitahealth.org
847-755-8338

Level IIE: Extended Neonatal Capabilities

Level IIE hospitals provide care to women and newborns at moderate risk. The hospital may care for maternal patients with selected obstetric complications that present after 32 weeks gestation. They operate a special care nursery but do not operate a NICU. A level IIE provides services in a Special Care Nursery that may include premature infants of 30 or more completed week's gestation or an infant with low birth weight that is greater than 1250 grams.

Level II: Intermediate Maternity and Newborn Hospitals

Level II hospitals care for maternal patients with selected obstetric complications that present after 32 weeks gestation. A level II nursery is capable of caring for premature infants at 32 or more week's gestation who are otherwise well and Infants with a birth weight greater than 1500 grams who are otherwise well.

Morris Hospital
Theresa Reece, BSN, RNC
Manager
treece-moss@morrishospital.org
815-705-7315

Level 0: No Maternity or Newborn Services

IDPH Admin Codes:

• Level III Resource Checklist
• Level III Perinatal Standards of Care
• Level IIE Resource Checklist
• Level II Resource Checklist
• Level II and Level IIE Perinatal Standards of Care

Perinatal Network Newsletter / Meeting Minutes

Loyola Perinatal Network Leadership Directory

• Nurse Council Network
  • March 6, 2018 Meeting Minutes
  • June 5, 2018
    • IDPH: Hearing Screen Memo
    • IDPH: UPS Laboratory Shipping Services for Newborn Screening Specimens
    • Essence Article: A Matter of Life and Death
    • Routine Prenatal Visit Guidelines (for use on state reporting forms)
    • ACOG Practice Bulletin (No.183):  Postpartum-Hemorrhage, 2017 
    • Obstetric Care Consensus: Periviable Birth
    • Committee Opinion: Hospital-Based Triage of Obstetric Patients
    • 2017 Annual Hotline Report
    • Meeting Minutes
  • September 4, 2018 Meeting Minutes
  • December 4, 2018 2018 Morbidity & Mortality Report
  • April 16, 2019 Meeting Minutes
  • September 2019
    • Agenda
    • Pediatric HIV Exposure Protocol
    • R3 Report- Requirement, Rational, Reference
    • Optimizing Outcomes for Women With Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
    • Words Matter
    • Change the Narrative Pledge
    • Billing for Early and Long-term Follow-up Postpartum Visits
  • December 2019: Agenda
  • March 2020: Agenda

• Network Quality Council
  • March 6, 2018 Meeting Minutes
  • June 5, 2018 Meeting Minutes
  • September 4, 2018 Meeting Minutes
  • April 16, 2019 Meeting Minutes 
  • September 2019: Agenda
  • December 2019: Agenda
  • March 2020: Agenda

• Network Newsletter
  • Most current newsletter: April 2020 COVID-19 Specific
  • Links to archived newsletters
    • March 2018
    • September 2018
    • February 2019
    • May 2019
    • September 2019
    • February 2020

Calendar of Events

• Monthly Calendar
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  • Submit Payment for Event

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Education

Outreach Education

• Perinatal Center Educational Programs
• The Loyola Perinatal Network Nursing e-Journal Club/e-Learning is free education intended only for the nursing staff of hospitals within Loyola perinatal network. Upon successful completion of education requirements, your certificate of contact hours will be e-mailed to your work address. Your manager will provide you with the username and password to access the education through the below link:
  • Perinatal Network e-Journal Club
• Childbirth and Newborn Stabilization in the Emergency Department

Forms

• Fetal Neonatal Abstract
• Maternal Morbidity Abstract
• Maternal Transport Abstract
• Maternal Neonatal Redesignation
  • Optional Quality Project Template
  • Optional Education Record
  • Neonatal Outbound Transfers Annual
  • Neonatal Inbound Transfers Annual
  • Neonatal Deaths
  • Maternal Outbound Transfers Annual
  • Maternal Inbound Transfers Annual
  • Fetal Demise Record
  • Data Appendix A

Programs

IDPH Reports &  Documents

• Illinois Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Report

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Fetal Neonatal Abstract

Frequently Used Links

Frequently Used Links

• REDCap
• Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC)
• IDPH Perinatal Code
• Opiod Use Treatment Resource
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Advisory Committee

Redesignation

Redesignation Helpful Links

• Opioid Use Treatment Resources for Pregnant Women with Medicaid in Illinois
• Opioid Use Treatment Resources for Pregnant Women with Medicaid in Illinois: Intervention and Treatment
• Peristat: Delivery Methods

Forms

• Site Visit Binder: Index and Suggested Content
• Biographical Data Form
• Provider Record of Board Certification
• Multidisciplinary Education Record
• Level II and Level IIe Less Than 32wk Birth Log 2016-2018
• Maternal Neonatal Transport Log Template 2016-2018
• Preparing for your Site Visit
• OB Hemorrhage Cases 2018
• Redesignation FAQ

Contact Us

Contact Us

Transport Hotline Maternal and Neonatal
855-456-9652

Loyola Perinatal Center