The Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) launched an Improving Postpartum Access to Care (IPAC) Initiative in May 2019 to optimize postpartum maternal health by increasing access to early postpartum care and patient education. The objective of this analysis is to evaluate participating hospitals’ ability to implement universal two-week postpartum visits and standardized patient discharge education on postpartum safety across diverse hospitals. Participating hospitals reported monthly data, including a random sample of 10 deliveries/month to track percent of early postpartum visits scheduled and postpartum safety education provided prior to delivery discharge. ILPQC provided a toolkit with patient and clinician education materials, checklist, and billing strategies. ILPQC facilitated collaborative learning opportunities, rapid-response data, and quality improvement (QI) support with 12 monthly team webinars, 3 face-to-face meetings, and monthly data reports. Baseline data (Oct.-Dec. 2018) were compared to June 2020. 14 participating hospitals were diverse by geography, birth volume, and patient mix. All hospitals implemented scheduling universal early postpartum visits before delivery discharge by May 2020. Teams reported 90% of providers and nurses received education regarding maternal risk and improving access to care in the postpartum. A sample of 1,940 deliveries across participating hospitals showed an increase of patients with an early postpartum visit scheduled prior to discharge from 2% to 80%. Discharge education on postpartum early warning signs increased from 21% to 98% of patients. Hospitals achieved benchmarks on key measures regardless of hospital characteristics (Table 1). Implementation of universal scheduling of early postpartum visits and postpartum safety patient education before delivery discharge is feasible and can be implemented across diverse hospitals. Future work should focus on the impact of early postpartum maternal health safety checks and improved postpartum education on maternal postpartum outcomes and disparities.View Large Image Figure ViewerDownload Hi-res image Download (PPT)