Health Care Delivery Committee
Health Care Delivery Committee
Jane Knapp, MD (2014)
Children's Mercy Hospital
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 234-3689
jknapp@cmh.edu
Health Care Delivery Committee Goals
The Health Care Delivery Committee aims to identify effective strategies to care for all children, with a particular focus on vulnerable children. The 5 goals of the Committee are:
- To promote the use of and expand the evidence base for health care delivery for children.
- To promote the care of children in the context of families and communities.
- To teach the next generation how to implement effective health care delivery strategies for (at the individual and population level and with attention to systems of care).
- To identify emerging opportunities and challenges to improve the delivery of health care for vulnerable children (e.g., growth of interdisciplinary teams, use of information technologies).
- To promote scholarship with regard to promoting effective strategies to care for children.
Upcoming Events
Join us in Boston at PAS on Saturday April 28th, 2012
topic symposium Health Care Delivery: Transforming Our System from Fragmentation to Integration
Speakers:Thomas Klitzner from Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Doug Thompson from Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Charles Macias from Texas Children's Hospital, Houston and Richard Antonelli from Boston Children's Hospital.
The session will address models for successful health care delivery and using integration to deliver accountable care.
April 2012 Newsletter Article
The Boston Buzz on Health Care Delivery: Challenges from the Past and Charting the Future
There are several events that you don't want to miss at the Boston PAS meeting. On Saturday April 28 the HCD Committee sponsored topic symposium, Health Care Delivery: Transforming Our System from Fragmentation to Integration, will be presented from 2:45 - 4:45 in room 202 of the Hynes Convention Center. On Sunday April 29 the HCD Committee will meet to discuss future directions for the HCD Committee from 11:00 - 1:30 in the Beacon B room of the Boston Sheraton. There's exciting possibilities for our future work - we're looking for people with ideas to come and join us. On Sunday afternoon at 4:45 in Ballroom C of the Hynes Convention Center, the APA debaters will argue the resolution that, The Medical Home Model is NOT the best health care delivery model for the care of children in the United States. See the Homies and Anti-homies battle it out for the hearts and minds of the audience. There is sure to be some surprises along the way. Finally, the Health Care Delivery Award will be presented by Ada Fenick at 3:30 during the APA Presidential Primary on Monday April 30.
Calling all SIG Chairs! Please send a representative of your SIG to the Health Care Delivery Committee meeting on Sunday. We want your representation.
Finally, last issue we started a feature highlighting an article of interest. This issue we suggest you check out the New York Times piece at OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Hospitals Aren't Hotels. There's a lot of discussion in the paper about patient satisfaction and the measurement of patient satisfaction. Contributor Theresa Brown presents an interesting twist on the topic.
Jane Knapp
Health Care Delivery Committee Chair
jknapp@cmh.edu
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