In 2025, the Idaho Perinatal Quality Collaborative has partnered with the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) to improve Idahoans’ perinatal outcomes related to hypertension.

The severe hypertension in pregnancy and postpartum toolkit is designed by and for clinical (doctors, nurses, midwives, emergency medical services, etc.) and non-clinical (doulas, community health workers, etc.) individuals and teams caring for pregnant and postpartum women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to improve processes, outcomes, and clinical decision making and promote quality statewide. The goal of this project is to decrease preventable maternal morbidity and mortality from hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and improve the health and wellbeing of birthing women and infants in Idaho. 

To support teams implementing this toolkit, quality improvement tools are included. Simple tools, like those provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) can be used by teams with minimal introduction or training. These tools help teams take complex topics like management of severe hypertension in pregnancy and organize them into a simplified workflow that can be implemented, resulting in meaningful change that benefits clinicians, birthing individuals, and our communities.

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If you have any questions or issues accessing the links above, please reach out to Phillip Wetmore (pwetmore@comagine.org).