Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC)

August 21, 2025

Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Recognizes 20 Birthing Hospitals, Announces New Initiative

David Wise

Representatives from Baxter Health accept their platinum banner for their accomplishments during the ARPQC’s recently completed “Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth” initiative.

LITTLE ROCK — Birthing hospitals are being recognized for their quality improvement work by The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), awarding platinum or silver partner banners to 20 birthing hospitals that achieved participation milestones. “We are extremely proud of the effort and accomplishments of the hospitals that participated in the initiative promoting vaginal birth,” said…

February 25, 2025

UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative

David Wise

Pregnant woman in for a routine checkup with her doc

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas. Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating…

May 2, 2024

ARPQC Launches Website to Provide Information About Maternity Care Services, Initiatives

David Wise

A doctor and new mom with baby

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership launched last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, launched its new website recently, creating a hub for patients and health care providers alike to access pivotal information related…