The Alliance for Pediatric Quality is one of the leading voices on issues related to quality pediatric care, and works to ensure that every child has access to safe, high-quality care. The Alliance was founded in 2006 by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Board of Pediatrics, Child Health Corporation of America and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions.

The Alliance believes improvements are the key to providing every child with safe, effective, timely and patient-centered care. It works to endorse and share proven pediatric practices that, if implemented on a larger scale, would lead to substantive improvements in pediatric care.

“No one organization alone can bring about the changes our healthcare system so badly needs,” said Marlene Miller, Vice Chair of Quality and Safety Initiatives at John Hopkins Children’s Center, Chief Medical Officer for the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, and the Alliance’s representative to the National Priorities Partnership. “Through the collaboration of the National Priorities Partnership, we can really affect change in areas such as safety, health information technology and patient-centered care, all of which are critical to overall quality improvement.”

Recognizing the importance of health information technology, the Alliance is working to ensure that child healthcare data standards are synchronized with national standards. Looking to the future, the Alliance hopes to pioneer the development of specialized standards for use across all providers who care for children.

To learn more about the Alliance for Pediatric Quality, please visit www.kidsquality.org.