IPCV established its goal to improve pregnancy outcomes of Vermont women by enhancing and improving prenatal care, with a particular focus on Medicaid-insured women.

The state-wide initiative was designed to help improve pregnancy outcomes of low weight and preterm birthrates by implementing updated, evidence-based prenatal care, and developing improved office systems. Participating prenatal providers implemented changes in their practice in nine areas of focus: diabetic screening, nutritional counseling, smoking cessation, infectious disease (includes STD and periodontal disease screening), psychosocial/behavioral screening (includes depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence) and genetic and preterm risk assessment and counseling.

As a result of this innovative work, a toolkit was compiled to assist prenatal care providers in their commitment to optimum prenatal care delivery.  The IPCV Prenatal Care Toolkit  reflects the work and the lessons learned by the 10 practices who participated in the Collaborative. The toolkit includes a number of helpful screening and assessment tools to assist in the delivery of quality prenatal care, and are available by following the link: https://www.med.uvm.edu/vchip

IPCV was funded by the March of Dimes and the Vermont Department of Health, and was developed through a collaboration of VCHIP, the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), the University of Vermont's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. 

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Jennifer Ustianov, Project Director, at 802-847-4220 or via email at Jennifer.Ustianov@uvm.edu.