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Q-Call: *Creating a Positive Policy Environment for Addressing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic* Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00-1:30 p.m. Eastern 8th Annual Forum for Improving Children's Healthcare March 10-12, 2009 Grapevine, TX Near Dallas/Fort Worth SAVE THE DATE -- More Coming Soon RECENT EVENTS: excellence through innovation 7th Annual Forum for Improving Children's Healthcare Thanks for attending! Meeting materials are now available online. National Congress on Childhood Obesity Thanks for joining us! Meeting materials are now available online. Dr. Homer and NICHQ on CNN, NBC, CBS, radio stations and in a national Associated Press article commenting on a new study that appeared in the April 2008 issue of Pediatrics and new pediatric trigger tool that helps evaluate drug-related harm among hospitalized. Learn more. Dr. Homer appears on TODAY to comment on hospital's accidental overdose for newborn twins of Dennis Quaid. See the video>> Comprehensive study shows kids get less than 50% of recommended care. Read more about the study>> In New England Journal of Medicine editorial, Dr. Homer and Dr. James Perrin call findings shocking, issue call to action for system-wide change. Read the editorial>>

NICHQ’s Childhood Obesity Action Network Implementation Strategy Launched on the Heels of Assessment, Prevention and Treatment Recommendations by an Expert Panel. Learn more and download the Implementation Guide>> NICHQ's Improving Cultural Competency in Children's Health Care Change Package and findings. Asthma resources for clinicians, parents, school based health centers and others involved in the care of patients with asthma. The ADHD Toolkit produced jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and NICHQ is now available for download in our new Topics Section. NICHQ QI ListServ: The Child and Adolescent Healthcare Quality Improvement ListServ is a lively online community that shares a passion for quality improvement for children and adolescents -- what's new, what works, what doesn't. Participants raise questions, suggest ideas, and share reactions to anything related to health care for children and adolescents. NICHQ also will keep you posted about programs, progress, and new activities that we are undertaking. To sign up for the ListServ, send an e-mail to request-nichq-qi@ls.ihi.org and type Subscribe in the body of the message.


	Childhood Obesity Q-Call: May 28, 2008 12:00-1:30 p.m. Eastern *Creating a Positive Policy Environment for Addressing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic* Learn more! *7th Annual Forum Meeting Materials* Materials from the General Conference and Pre-Conference sessions are available NOW!