PQCs in the News: Arkansas Working to Prevent Maternal Deaths

Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative

[Dawn Brown, ARPQC program director] says it takes a team effort to improve maternal outcomes.

“Now, we’re kind of all moving in the same direction and getting everybody kind of under the same tent. Doing that work together, I think, is what’s going to be important for Arkansas,” Brown said.

Read the full article at 5 News: Rogers and Fort Smith Mercy hospitals join statewide effort to prevent maternal deaths

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