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PQC Dashboard Enhancement Now Available

Published May 5, 2025

Missouri hospitals working to improve maternal health outcomes will now have access to an expanded data tool with the recently released Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative dashboard. A new Hospital and Provider Scorecard has been added, enhancing the ability of hospitals to review contributing factors to severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and promote meaningful, data-driven quality improvement conversations.

The new scorecard introduces provider-level data using National Provider Identifier (NPI) information. Built to support hospital QI teams — not for use in credentialing or punitive review — this feature is designed to encourage peer engagement and collaborative reflection on outcomes data.

Using a four-level drill down format, users can explore blinded statewide participating hospital trends, zoom into their hospital-specific data, view unadjusted rates by attending physicians (for those with 25+ cases) and access patient-level details to guide internal review processes.

Key highlights for the update include:

  • clear visualization of unadjusted SMM rates by provider
  • contextual information such as risk stratification and NPI taxonomy
  • a tool to support root cause analysis, chart review and evidence-based practice alignment

Importantly, SMM and other outcome rates are not risk-adjusted and are intended for descriptive, not comparative use. Providers are encouraged to interpret trends with an understanding of the many factors that contribute to maternal outcomes, including clinical practices, team dynamics and patient-level risk factors.

This update reflects the Missouri Hospital Association’s and the PQC’s shared commitment to providing tools that support safer birth outcomes and elevate maternal health across Missouri. As hospitals continue to implement maternal safety bundles and improvement strategies, this expanded view will help drive conversations that lead to better outcomes for birthing individuals and babies. Users may view their specific Tableau-based dashboard through the Hospital Industry Data Institute’s Care Optics® platform by signing into the HIDI Advantage® User Portal or by requesting access.

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