Conferences and Training
The National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality brings premier conferences and training opportunities to healthcare leaders and all key stakeholders involved in improving care for children. Join us for one of these important events.
Q-Calls - Interactive Webinars
No need to travel for top notch training… join these informative and interactive Webinars led by nationally recognized experts in their fields. The sessions can be attended by as many people at a site as desired for the same low cost.
Jump-Start – QI Overview
Leaders seeking to improve clinical quality, eliminate errors, reduce costs and improve organizational performance need to develop expertise in the practical tools and techniques of improvement for themselves and their teams. This course will provide the foundation, giving you and your organization the Jump-Start needed to succeed.
2010 Annual Forum
Annual Forum for Improving Children's Healthcare and Childhood Obesity Congress
March 8-11, 2010
Hyatt Regency Atlanta on Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia
In response to feedback from our most important constituents—you—NICHQ was delighted to announce that we rejoined our two signature events this year. The Obesity Congress and the Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Healthcare were held March 8-11, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Folding these two important events into one comprehensive summit allowed attendees with travel and budget restraints to maximize their conference attendance, which is increasingly important in today’s turbulent economy. The Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Healthcare and Childhood Obesity Congress promised to be the largest pediatric quality conference in the US, and by pairing with the Childhood Obesity Congress, featured best practices in childhood obesity assessment, prevention and treatment. If you have specific questions about the event, please email them to forum@nichq.org.
Hospitals and Communities Moving Forward with Patient- and Family-Centered Care Intensive Training Seminar
April 19-22, 2010
Dallas, TX
http://www.familycenteredcare.org/events/seminars.html; 301-652-0281
The Hospitals and Communities Moving Forward Intensive Training Seminar, with leadership support from Baylor Health Care System and the Children’s Medical Center, is April 19-22, 2010, in Dallas, TX. This seminar has been a significant force for change in improving the way health care is delivered. Participants will learn patient- and family-centered strategies that deliver safe and quality health care and how to guide their organization to create partnerships with patients and families on every level.
Please click here to read the conference brochure.
For further information, please contact Julie Moretz, Director, Special Projects, (jmoretz@iffcc.org) at the Institute, or call 301-652-0281.
ISQua International Conference
NICHQ CEO Dr. Charles J. Homer Calls Attention to Pediatric Patient Safety Worldwide at ISQua’s Ireland Conference
Dr. Charles J. Homer was recently in Dublin, Ireland for The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) International Conference: Designing for Quality.
Read a Q & A with Dr. Homer about exciting highlights from the event:
What was NICHQ’s role at the ISQua Designing for Quality conference?
Working with outgoing ISQua president John Helfrick from Partners Harvard Medical International (PHMI), we felt that it was important to bring the issue of pediatric patient safety to the attention of health system leadership across the world. We thought ISQua would be a good forum to highlight this issue, and were able to conduct an invited session on this topic.
What were some highlights of the session?
We assembled an outstanding panel and covered the full range of safety topics—I provided a framework for the common and distinct elements of safety in children’s health care, Paul Sharek from Lucile Packard Children’s/Stanford presented specific data and actions on medication safety in the acute hospital setting, Peter Lachman from Great Ormond Street Hospital described the measurement he is using in their transformation program, and Lynn Eckert from PHMI described issues in addressing medication safety in outpatient and community settings. It was a tightly organized, dynamic session…our moderator said it was, in her view, the best organized and planned session at the conference.
Other highlights of the conference were a panel of patients and providers involved in adverse events that resulted in harm and an address from Mary McAleese, the President of Ireland, who strongly supported the focus on quality and safety.
Did NICHQ present other topics?
Yes, NICHQ’s work with MCHB (the Maternal Child and Health Bureau) in improving follow-up to Newborn Hearing Screening was also presented as a poster in a poster presentation session.
What do you hope will be the outcome from your panel at the conference?
We hope this session not only leads to a greater presence for pediatric quality and safety topics at this and other international quality meetings, but, more importantly, a greater focus on these themes in health systems across the world. NICHQ is ready to help accelerate that work as well as be an international resource in children’s quality and safety.
Learn more about how NICHQ supports patient safety initiatives.
For more information about ISQua, please visit http://isqua.org/.
Spirometry 360 Learning Lab Now Available
The University of Washington has just completed a successful pilot round of their new Spirometry 360 Learning Lab among 52 practices around the country. The Spirometry 360 Learning Lab is an interactive online course for primary care providers and their staff for improving spirometry in their practice. It is designed to be a single source on everything from the basics, to step-by-step guides to performing spirometry, to summaries of the latest research, and pointers to other great resources. The course blends two key components of the original program: 1) Spirometry Fundamentals –CD covering foundational knowledge, and 2) The University of Washington’s Learning Lab –a series of expert-led, case-based webinars. Jim Stout, NICHQ co-founder, now a Professor, Pediatrics CHI at the University of Washington, helped develop this program. Using his expertise in asthma, he ensured that this tool would be most useful in improving the quality of care for kids with asthma.
Read a one-page description about the Spirometry Learning Lab
