NAPNAP’s Quality Activities Quality Advisory Panel NAPNAP’s Quality Advisory Panel is constituted by the Executive Board as a means of harnessing the breadth and depth of member skills and expertise to advance the mission of the organization. The Quality Advisory Panel (QAP) reflects the organization’s mission to promote optimal health for children through leadership, practice, advocacy, education, and research.
Quality Advisory Panel Goal and Activities To foster the development of critical thinking, analysis, tools, and data collection to improve and support pediatric health care quality indicators, measures, and outcomes. Principle activities are to: - Monitor and identify emerging issues related to the evaluation of pediatric health care quality.
- Engage the health care research and quality communities in supporting pediatric health care evaluation and research.
- Provide membership with current information and announcements related to new pediatric quality measures and opportunities to review measures.
- Develop quality resources for membership.
Quality Advisory Panel Roles NAPNAP QAP members have varied roles, depending on current panel objectives and work priorities. The QAP members meet as needed through conference calls; face-to-face meetings are convened when resources are available for panel travel. Expectations of panel members are to: - Review and advise the NAPNAP EB and staff on pediatric quality mission, goals, objectives, and projects.
- Facilitate and encourage dialogue on issues that challenge pediatric health care with respect to quality indicators and measures.
- Represent the needs and interests of NAPNAP members and pediatric providers as they relate to pediatric health care quality.
- Assist staff in prioritizing quality activities within the context of available resources.
- Identify and mentor quality leaders.
Quality Advisory Panel Appointment Process All NAPNAP members are eligible for appointment to the QAP. In making appointments, NAPNAP considers the background and skills of the applicants, as well as the responsibilities and needs of the QAP. A history of active participation at local, state or national level is an important qualification. Recommendations are sought from NAPNAP’s Executive Board and national office staff. The NAPNAP President makes the final selection of QAP members. Quality Advisory Panel Terms The QAP term is one year; panel members are eligible to re-apply for two additional consecutive terms (or up to three years on a panel). Quality Advisory Panel Orientation and Support Incoming QAP members receive orientation to panel work as they are appointed. NAPNAP national office staff provides support to the QAP. Quality Advisory Panel Members Andrea Kline Tillford, MS, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM Brenda Cowan Frautschy, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC Doris V. Hanna, ScD, CPNP Paula Deaun Jackson, MSN, CPNP, CCHC, LNC
Patti Lucarelli, MSN, CPNP, APN Tara Trimarchi, MSN, RN, CRNP, CPNP-AC _________________________________________________________________________________________
Quality - NAPNAP Related Activities AHRQ National Advisory Council on Healthcare Research and Quality, Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children’s Healthcare in Medicaid and CHIP
American Nurses Association (ANA) and National Quality Forum (NQF) Conference on Nursing and the National Priorities Partners (NPP) Goals National Quality Forum (NQF) National Quality Forum (NQF) Patient Outcomes Nomination Nursing Alliance for Increasing Nursing Visibility (ANA working to increase nurse reps to NQF)
Stand for Quality _________________________________________________________________________________________ Quality - Resources Health Care Quality: Resources for Local Change (Posted 4-12-11) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has compiled a collection of resources developed from its many investments to improve quality, including Aligning Forces for Quality, the Foundation's signature effort to lift the overall quality of health care in targeted communities. Click here for the list of resources. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (Posted 6/28/10) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared a comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality—Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Click here to access this FREE resource from AHRQ. National Quality Forum's (NQF) Safe Practices for Better Healthcare - 2010 Update (Posted 6/28/10) This update presents 34 practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the occurrence of adverse healthcare events. Additionally, the set can help healthcare providers assess the degree to which safe practices already have been implemented in their settings and the degree to which the practices provide tangible evidence of patient safety improvement and increased patient satisfaction and loyalty. With this update, healthcare organization leaders and governance boards are explicitly called on to be proactive by reviewing the safety of their organizations and continually improving the safety and thus the quality of care they provide. Click here for more information.
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