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Department of Practice

The Department of Practice provides a number of informational services for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Activities focus on pediatric practice and physician payment systems, research supporting public and private sector advocacy, and children's health insurance status as well as the maintenance of an extensive collection of books, journals and other sources of information through the Bakwin Library. The Department also provides support to the AAP committees and sections that focus on oral health, socioeconomic, legal, and technological issues, including an actuarial analysis of pediatric medical costs. Three divisions are housed in the Department of Practice: the Division of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement, the Division of Library and Archival Services and the Division of Pediatric Practice.

The Division of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement provides analysis and program support for AAP committees and sections that address the financing and delivery of pediatric care. Critical topics addressed in the Division include quality improvement including the Quality Improvement Innovation Network and patient safety, CPT, ICD-9-CM, DSM-PC, the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) physician fee schedule, private payer advocacy, and medical liability. The Division also prepares clinical practice guidelines for managing specific pediatric conditions. The following sections are housed in the division: complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine (provisional), epidemiology, home health, and telephone care.

The Division of Library and Archival Services houses the Bakwin Library and the Pediatric History Center. The primary role of the Division is to provide Academy staff and members with the information they need to further the Academy's mission. The Pediatric History Center includes a program of oral histories of distinguished Academy members as well as a collection of materials that are of historic interest to pediatrics and the Academy.

The Division of Pediatric Practice addresses important issues about the ways in which pediatric care is provided as well as topics of special concern in pediatrics. Areas of focus include practice management, (COPAM, SOAPM), HIPAA, preventive care, and medical informatics; in addition to breastfeeding initiatives, immunization initiatives, and Native American child health initiatives.





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