Perinatal Transitions Committee

Facility Registration

Hospitals and birthing facilities are each invited to participate in facility specific Perinatal Transitions Committees.

The Perinatal Transitions Program’s mission is to promote greater patient safety and satisfaction; focusing on the transition between planned out-of-hospital birth and hospital care. 

We aim to improve the safety and efficiency of the transfer process through the establishment of system-wide protocols, the collection and analysis of transfer outcome data for the purpose of quality improvement, the development of greater collaboration between out-of-hospital birth providers, EMS, and hospital care teams, as well as of course the enhancement of the patient experience of care when transfers occur.

Implementation of programs like this across the nation, is creating smoother transfers for providers (both in-hospital and out) as well as smoother transfer for families and these individualized committees are being developed in order for our program to meet your facilities' most pressing needs.

Committees consist of at least one clinical liaison from your facility, local EMS, and a regional out-of-hospital perinatal provider.

Committees meet annually to develop and adopt transfer tools, strengthen the perinatal network, as well as review data and research to continually improve the quality of perinatal transfers.