CHIPRA Publications

• New Academic Pediatrics Journal Supplement, September-October 2014
  http://www.academicpedsjnl.net/issue/S1876-2859(14)X0008-2
   
  • All articles are freely publicly accessible.
  • The supplement includes:
    • An introduction to the supplement by Guest Editors Kulthau, Mistry, Forrest and Dougherty.
    • An overview of the CHIPRA measures program by AHRQ and CMS staff.
    • A series of articles by the CHIPRA Centers of Excellence:
      • Developing Measures for Pediatric Quality: Methods and Experiences of the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program Grantees.
      • Concept and Measurement of Pediatric Value.
      • Measuring Pediatric Hospital Readmission Rates to Drive Quality Improvement.
      • Challenges to Measuring Variation in Readmission Rates of Neonatal Intensive Care Patients.
      • Considerations and Evidence for an ADHD Outcome Measure.
      • Identifying Sickle Cell Disease Cases Using Administrative Claims.
      • Quality Concerns in Antipsychotic Prescribing for Youth: A Review of Treatment Guidelines.
      • Using Medicaid and CHIP Claims Data to Support Pediatric Quality Measurement: Lessons From 3 Centers of Excellence in Measure Development.
      • Addressing Electronic Clinical Information in the Construction of Quality Measures.
      • Patient Reported Outcomes as Indicators of Pediatric Health Care Quality.
         
    • Commentaries from individuals from AHRQ and CMS, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Association, Family Voices, State CHIPRA Quality Demonstration grantees, and experts in quality measurement:
      • A CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grantee's Perspective on the Child Core Measure Set and Quality Measurement.
      • A CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grantee's Perspective on the CHIPRA Core Measures Set: Uses, Challenges, and the Future.
      • The Importance of the Family Voice in Quality Measure Development for Children's Health Care.
      • Quality Measures and the Practicing Pediatrician: Perspectives From the American Academy of Pediatrics.
      • The Importance of the Pediatric Quality Measurement Program in Advancing Children's Health Care: A View From Children's Hospitals.
      • Young and Reckless? Greater Standardization and Transparency of Performance Is Needed for Pediatric Performance Measures.
      • An AHRQ and CMS Perspective on the Pediatric Quality Measures Program.
         
    • Description of the 2013 Child Core Set Measurement Retirement effort. (Note: Supplemental Documents for this paper are available.)
    • Center of Excellence for Children with Complex Needs (COE4CCN)
       
      • The Effectiveness of Family-Centered Transition Processes From Hospital Settings to Home: A Review of the Literature. Hosp Pediatr. 2015 Apr;5(4):219-231.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25832977
      • Common and Costly Hospitalizations for Pediatric Mental Health Disorders. Pediatrics 2014 Apr;133(4):602-9. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24639270
      • Individualized Plans of Care to Improve Outcomes Among Children and Adults With Chronic Illness: A Systematic Review. Care Management Journals 2014 15(1):11-25. (PDF File, 137 KB).
      • National Quality Measures for Child Mental Health Care: Background, Progress, and Next Steps. Pediatrics 2013 Mar;131 Suppl 1:S38-49.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23457148.
      • Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm: A New Method to Stratify Children by Medical Complexity. Pediatrics 2014 Jun;133:e1647-54.
        http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/05/07/peds.2013-3875.abstract
         
    • CEPQM
      • The Development of a Pediatric Inpatient Experience of Care Measure: Child HCAHPS^®. Pediatrics 2015 July. [Epub ahead of print]
      • Pediatric Readmission Prevalence and Variability Across Hospitals. JAMA 2013 Jan 23;309(4):372-80.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23340639.
      • Rehospitalization for Childhood Asthma: Timing, Variation, and Opportunities for Intervention. J Pediatr 2014. 164:300-5.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24238863 (PDF File, 207 KB).
      • Also refer to the Academic Pediatrics supplement listing above

    • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

      • Continuity of Public Insurance Coverage: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Med Care Res Rev 2013 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print]
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24227811
      • Quality Measurements in Pediatrics: What Do They Assess? JAMA Pediatr 2013 Jan;167(1):89-90.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23147673.
      • Development of the PROMIS® Pediatric Global Health (PGH-7) Measure. Qual Life Res 2013 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print]
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24264804
         
    • NCINQ
       
      • Evidence for the Management of Adolescent Depression. Pediatrics 2013 Oct;132(4):e996-e1009.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24043282
      • Pediatric Health Care Quality Measures: Considerations for Pharmacotherapy. Paediatr Drugs 2013 Dec;15(6):441-7.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23918049 (PDF File, 399 KB).
      • Variations in Measurement of Sexual Activity Based on EHR Definitions, Pediatrics 2014 May;133(5):e1305-12.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733876
      • Also refer to Academic Pediatrics listing above.
         
    • CMS staff
       
      • Refer to Academic Pediatrics listing above.

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