Many departments, committees, and sections are actively engaged in quality improvement efforts. The Steering Committee on Quality Improvement Management (SCOQIM) was established in 2001 in response to the increasing national emphasis on quality in health care and the Academy's own identification of quality improvement as a top priority. The SCOQIM offers a more integrated voice for quality and enables the Academy to best support its members in providing the highest quality clinical care for children. The group is comprised of pediatricians with expertise in practice, technology, and evidence-based medicine as well as liaisons from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Association for Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions. Additional information and resources on quality improvement follow.

What's New ?

AAP Launches Patient Safety Web site

Any medical error is disturbing, especially in Pediatrics.  Reports
of such errors might leave you wondering what you can do to ensure a safe health care environment for your patients.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has just launched a new Safer Health Care for Kids website for physicians, allied health professionals, administrators, parents, and caregivers, who are seeking pediatric patient safety information and strategies.  The website includes comprehensive resources, educational offerings, latest news, safety tips, parent corner, and more. Check out the Safer Health Care for Kids website today at: http://www.aap.org/saferhealthcare.
 

Highlights include:

• RESOURCES
  A comprehensive, one-stop resource center for pediatric-specific patient safety guidance.  Here you will find useful strategies, valuable information links, and expert advice on reducing or eliminating medical errors affecting children.

•  EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS
  A series of free, one-hour Web-based seminars, or “Webinars,” on various pediatric patient safety topics.  Register for an upcoming, live Webinar, and earn a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Or, access a full archive, including audio, from one of the past Webinar offerings.  Or, download just the Podcast or slide set from the Webinar library. 
  
  
• LATEST NEWS
  Links to recent articles relating to pediatric patient safety.
  
  
• EXPERT Q&A
  A feature that brings the experts to you – and gives you an opportunity to receive answers to your follow-up questions from the pediatric patient safety Webinars.

• SAFETY TIPS
  Useful tips to help you to ensure a safe health care environment for your patients and their families. 

• PARENTS’ CORNER
  Resources to help parents understand what they can do to help ensure their optimal safety in the health care that their child receives. 

• E-MAIL LIST
  An e-community dedicated to pediatric patient safety issues and information exchange with other clinicians.

Check out the Safer Health Care for Kids website today at: http://www.aap.org/saferhealthcare.

If you have a question about the Safer Health Care for Kids program, email saferhealthcare@aap.org.

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Implementation

Quality Measurement

Patient Safety

Open Access Scheduling

Quality Award & Educational Opportunities

Quality Improvement Organizations

Related AAP Groups:

Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management

Section on Epidemiology

For further information on the AAP quality improvement activities or for questions or concerns, e-mail dhcfqi@aap.org or call 847/434-7650.

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