About Us
We imagine a world where everyone has access to the healthiest pregnancy and delivery experience possible. We are working to deliver on this vision in Colorado through partnerships across the perinatal healthcare system, state health agencies, insurers, provider associations and community advocacy groups in service of improving the care of pregnant-postpartum mothers and babies and ending preventable maternal and infant death and injury.
As trusted partners, we operate as an extension of clinical and community healthcare teams, enhancing their expertise and supporting their delivery of care and by implementing evidence-based quality improvement initiatives.
As trusted partners, we operate as an extension of clinical and community healthcare teams, enhancing their expertise and supporting their delivery of care and by implementing evidence-based quality improvement initiatives.
“We are at a pivotal moment in maternal and infant health in the U.S. Stakeholders spanning all economic sectors are currently engaged and focused on reframing perinatal care to support mothers and families in one of the most significant human transitions of a person’s lifetime and the foundation for human growth and development.”
The Colorado Perinatal Care Council (CPCC) was founded by Governor Richard Lamm in response to the 1975 Colorado Health Systems Plan Framework developed by the Colorado Department of Health and became operational in April 1976. CPCC was established to provide broad-based leadership in planning and coordinating statewide perinatal health care delivery.
The first AIM (Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health) patient safety bundle (PSB) was developed by a group of ACOG-convened experts
In March 2015, CPCC began the transition to a Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC) and changed its name to the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC) to more accurately reflect its mission.
In September of 2017, Colorado became one of the 13 states that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided support to; in October 2022, that support was renewed for Colorado and expanded to include an additional 14 states. The CDC empowers organizations, just like ours, to improve the quality of perinatal care in their states, including efforts to:
- Improve identification and care for women with substance use disorders and their newborns.
- Reduce racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in care delivery and birth outcomes.
- Reduce cesarean births among low-risk pregnancies.
- Promote universal screening and appropriate clinical care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
- Integrate lived experience within all programming to ensure that the voice of the patient is guiding program decisions.
- Improve wrap-around services that link obstetric and behavioral healthcare for patients throughout the perinatal period.
CPCQC receives its 501c3 designation from the IRS and becomes an independent organization.
HB19-1122 Created the Colorado Maternal Mortality Review Committee in statute and that In consultation with the designated state perinatal care quality collaborative, recommendations for clinical quality improvement approaches that could reduce the incidence of pregnancy-related deaths or maternal mortality or morbidity in prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal clinical settings and recommendations for how to spread best practices to clinical.
In September, CPCQC hosts its first statewide annual forum at History Colorado.
CPCQC launched the Colorado AIM: Substance Use initiative, implementing the AIM Patient Safety Bundle for pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorder (SUD) in partnership with 8 pilot hospitals.
CPCQC launched the IMPACT Behavioral Health Program, partnering with outpatient care teams and community-based partners to address rising maternal mental health challenges through systems-wide interventions across Colorado.
CPCQC received the AIM Capacity Award from HRSA—the first major investment dedicated to sustaining and expanding implementation of AIM bundles across Colorado.
Governor Polis signs into law the Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes Act:
- Ensures that every Colorado birthing hospital is implementing a maternal or infant QI initiative every year and submitting data to CPCQC
- Equips CPCQC to provide rapid-response data analysis, QI coaching, and technical assistance to advance safe, equitable, high quality care
- And authorizes CPCQC to track statewide implementation of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee’s recommendations and report on the state of perinatal health in Colorado to save lives
- CPCQC transitioned quality improvement initiatives to annual, hospital cohort-based initiatives.
- The Colorado AIM: Substance Use Disorder initiative grew to include 23 hospitals statewide and was rebranded as Turning the Tide to reflect its broader scope and long-term sustainability.
- CPCQC launched the Supporting Postpartum Access, Recovery, and Knowledge (SPARK) initiative, implementing the AIM Patient Safety Bundle for postpartum discharge transitions. This statewide effort helps hospitals strengthen their postpartum care models and create safer, more supportive transitions for families.
