Education in Quality Improvement in Pediatric Practice (EQIPP) click here
EQIPP allows you to evaluate your practice online, using tools that can be easily implemented to enhance patient care. The goal of eQIPP is to help physicians collect and analyze practice data over time to document improved quality of care. For more information contact EQIPP@aap.org.
Quality Improvement Innovation Network (QuIIN) click here
The QuIIN is a network of practicing pediatricians and their staff teams who use quality improvement methods to test tools, interventions, and strategies to improve healthcare and outcomes for children and their families. QuIIN serves as a practical working lab for pediatricians to test how improvements can be implemented in practice, while sharing strategies and learning from colleagues who are members of QuIIN.
Medical Home Initiatives click here
The AAP’s Medical Home Web site is the premier resource for improving the lives of children and youth with special health care needs and their families through a medical home
Partnership for Policy Implementation click here
(AAP membership required)
In June 2005, the AAP, with funding support from the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, launched the PPI, a pilot program to integrate health information technology (HIT) functionalities into Academy policy. The goal of PPI is to create fundamental paradigm shifts in the development of policy statements, clinical reports, technical reports, and clinical practice guidelines; specifically how they are written.
Practice Management Online (PMO) click here
The quality improvement section of Practice Management Online provides pediatricians with theoretical and practical content as well as applicable tools that can be incorporated into the practice. Examples of topics included are: quality improvement basics, evidence-based medicine, improving and measuring quality in the pediatric practice, patient safety, and maintenance of certification for pediatricians.
Safer Health Care for Kids click here
This comprehensive Web-based resource center for pediatric safety information and strategies is designed for physicians, allied health professionals, administrators, parents, and caregivers, who share a commitment to ensuring a safe health care environment for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management (SCOQIM) click here
The SCOQIM was established in 2001 in response to the increasing national emphasis on quality in health care and serves as the Academy’s integrated voice for quality. The committee is comprised of pediatricians with expertise in quality improvement, health information technology and evidence-based medicine. Committee priority areas include quality measurement; patient safety; evidence-based guideline development and implementation; open access scheduling and other innovative practice models.