Children's hospitals collaborate to improve quality of care.
The Child Health Accountability Initiative brought together 35 chief executive officers, physicians, and researchers representing 12 children's hospitals and charged them with what most would think is a lofty goal: to improve health outcomes for America's children. After a rigorous and often highly debated selection process, two data-driven performance improvement projects were rapidly set in motion and implemented in each of the hospitals, with significant results--all within the first year. The initiative's breadth, scope, and speed may serve as a model for other healthcare collaboratives.
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Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
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D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care