title: Children's hospitals collaborate to improve quality of care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kurtin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sadler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: 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