National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality:

This section features suggested changes from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts / NICHQ Healthy Care for Healthy Kids Learning Collaborative. The changes have helped organizations to improve certain aspects of care. They are shared on this website to help accelerate your organization's improvement.

You may select changes from the following categories of changes:

Family Management Support and Child Self Management Support
Support families to manage the health and health care of their children

Decision Support
Promote clinical care that is consistent with scientific evidence and family preferences

Clinical Information Systems
Organize data to facilitate population-based care

Healthcare System
Create an environment and mechanisms that promote high quality care

Community Resources
Partner with the community to meet the needs of families and children

Delivery System Design
Assure the delivery of effective, efficient clinical care