Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange is a central repository of ideas and tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of health care; a standardized description of innovations and quality tools; and opportunities for learning and networking. The site’s content may be browsed by single or multiple subjects including client population, stage of care, setting of care, client care process, Institute of Medicine domains of quality, organizational purpose, and disease or clinical category. Resources to inform and guide efforts, instructions for submitting an innovation, and information about funding opportunities are also provided.

Keywords: Diffusion of innovation, Health care delivery, Networking, Program improvement, Quality assurance

Annotation: The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) is a national alliance to promote consistent and safe maternity care to reduce maternal mortality. AIM collaborates with participating states and a large number of hospitals and hospital systems across the U.S. to initiate or improve a culture of maternal safety through continuous quality improvement cycles. The purpose of the AIM program is to equip, empower and embolden every state, perinatal quality collaborative, hospital network/system, birth facility and maternity care provider in the U.S to significantly reduce severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality through proven implementation of consistent maternity care practices that are outlined in maternal safety bundles (action systems). The AIM Program is designed to complement current maternal safety initiatives in progress, as well as drive continuous quality improvement on a state and birth facility level. It is funded through the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Keywords: Collaboration, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Prevention programs, Quality assurance, Quality improvement

Annotation: The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is a quality improvement organization that offers concepts, tools, training, and technologies aimed at creating better workplaces and communities worldwide. The website includes an A-to-Z quide to quality-related terminology and a wide variety of publications, online training tools, and certification programs. ASQ also sponsors conferences and other educational events.

Keywords: Program improvement, Quality assurance

Annotation: The Center for Public Health Quality (CPHQ) collaborates to local, state, and national partners in efforts to support continuous quality improvement within the public health system. CPHQ provides training programs; consultation and technical support; and a variety of resources and publications, including a quality improvement toolkit.

Keywords: Program improvement, Public health, Quality assurance

Annotation: The Child and Family Policy Center (CFPC) is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization promoting outcome-based policies that improve child well-being. The center focuses on a range of policy areas in Iowa, including child care and early education, health and well-being, and family economic success. CFPC also conducts national evaluation work focused on early-childhood system building and policy development promoting comprehensive, asset-based approaches to supporting children and families.

Keywords: Advocacy, Child care, Child health, Children, Early childhood education, Evaluation, Families, Family economics, Iowa, Policy development, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Research, Systems development

Annotation: The Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) supports state policymakers’ development and use of coordinated state early care and education (ECE) data systems to improve the quality of ECE programs and the workforce, increase access to high-quality ECE programs, and ultimately improve child outcomes. The ECDC provides tools and resources to encourage state policy change and provides a national forum to support the development and use of coordinated state ECE data systems. The ECDC is supported through funding from the Alliance for Early Success, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Keywords: Collaboration, Coordination, Data, Early childhood, Integrated information systems, Policy development, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Systems development, Workforce

Annotation: The Early Childhood Education Linkage System-Healthy Child Care Pennsylvania (ECELS-Healthy Child Care PA) provides professional consultation, training, and technical assistance to improve early education and child care in Pennsylvania. Since December 1989, the PA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has operated the ECELS linking the resources of government, early childhood educators, and health professionals. Now operating Healthy Child Care America Pennsylvania, ECELS offers opportunities for professional development to PA early learning and child care practitioners. Resources include tools, fact sheets, a/v lending library, calendar of events, self-learning modules and workshops, and e-mail alerts.

Keywords: Child care workers, Child health, Child safety, Collaboration, Consultants, Early childhood educators, Pennsylvania, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Technical assistance

Annotation: Healthcare Communities is a web-based knowledge management system and community portal that supports health care transformation. The site has features that facilitate the quality improvement efforts of organizations and individuals by enabling them to share their knowledge, resources, and experiences. These features include: document sharing, announcements, topic-specific listservs and forums, social media connections, a quality improvement resource library, a video library, a calendaring function, and where applicable, access to a secure data reporting site used to measure performance in both small and large improvement initiatives.

Keywords: Community coordination, Health care reform, Integrated information systems, Knowledge management, Program improvement, Quality assurance

Annotation: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is an independent not-for-profit organization working to improve the health of individuals and populations by innovating, convening, partnering, and driving results in health and health care improvement worldwide. IHI's work is focused on the following five areas: improvement capacity; person- and family-centered care; patient safety; quality, cost, and value; and Triple Aim for populations. Services include in-person and virtual training, audio and video programs, publications, and an international network of chapters.

Keywords: Family centered care, Health care reform, Health care systems, Measures, Organizational change, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Safety, Training

Annotation: The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies health care organizations and programs. The Commission promotes standards and measures to drive continuous improvements in patient safety. Its core offerings include accreditation, which is an objective evaluation process to help health care organizations measure and improve performance, and certification, which evaluates the quality and safety of specific clinical programs or services. The organization strives to drive change through collaboration, bringing together patients, providers, payers, and policy makers.

Keywords: Accountability, Accreditation, Certification, Measures, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Standards

Annotation: Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) is an independent, non-profit organization that brings together key stakeholder groups (providers, payers and patients) in Massachusetts healthcare to help provider organizations, health plans and policy makers improve the quality of patient care experiences throughout the state. Its efforts include (1) measuring and publicly reporting non-biased, trusted and comparable patient experience data; (2) sharing tools, guidelines and best practices to help support improvement efforts; and (3) catalyzing collaboration to find breakthrough solutions to shared challenges.

Keywords: Collaboration, Health services delivery, Health surveys, Massachusetts, Public private partnerships, Quality improvement, State organizations

Annotation: The Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MNPQC) seeks to improve maternal and infant health outcomes with emphasis on racial and ethnic health inequities. The MNPQC is a network of organizations, medical providers, content experts and community voices led by the Minnesota Perinatal Organization (MPO) in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The MNPQC is a multidisciplinary approach that uses quality improvement (QI) principles through the participation of multi-partner organizations to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce health disparities.

Keywords: Infant health, Maternal health Perinatal care, Premature infants, Prevention, Quality improvement, State programs

Annotation: The National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement (NCCCQI) delivers technical assistance to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) state and territory grantees in developing and enhancing quality improvement efforts including Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to strengthen licensing and health and safety standards. Activities include planning quality goals, identifying and sharing promising practices, and partnering with others to address early childhood-related cross-sector system issues and to identify knowledge gaps. NCCCQI is a service of the U.S. Office of Child Care.

Keywords: Child care, Program improvement, Quality assurance

Annotation: The National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC) provides resources and expertise to state and multi-state perinatal quality collaboratives (PQCs) with the goal of deepening and accelerating improvement efforts for maternal and infant health outcomes The mission of the NNPQC is to support the development and enhance the ability of state perinatal quality collaboratives to make measurable improvements in statewide maternal and infant healthcare and health outcomes. A map linking to state and regional quality collaboratives across the country is included on the website.

Keywords: Collaboration, Networks, Perinatal care, Perinatal health, Postpartum care, Quality improvement

Annotation: The Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange (PHQIX) is an online community designed to be a communication hub for public health professionals interested in learning and sharing information about quality improvement (QI) in public health. PHQIX publishes an electronic newsletter; provides links to quality improvement resources; and posts quality improvement initiatives submitted from communities across the country. It is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Keywords: Program improvement, Quality assurance

Annotation: UNC Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health (CMIH) works to improve the health and well-being of women and families across North Carolina through research, community partnerships, and health care innovations. CMIH 1) collaborates with North Carolina hospitals, clinics, and communities to provide training on maternal warning signs and assistance with planning and implementing obstetric emergency protocols; 2) provides quality perinatal care to women across North Carolina; 3) provides clinicians with patient-education materials, including information on home blood pressure monitoring, post-birth warning signs, and breastfeeding; and 4) works with partners across the state to develop materials and trainings to best address care for pregnant and postpartum in NC jails and prisons. The collaborative also produces and disseminates postpartum self-care resources for new mothers, resources and information about infant safe sleep; and tobacco screening and cessation counseling tools for practitioners and patients.

Keywords: Maternal health, Maternal mortality, North Carolina, Patient education materials, Perinatal care, Postpartum care, Prevention, Quality improvement, Research, Resources for professionals, State initiatives