PQMP 1.0 Centers of Excellence
As identified in CHIPRA, Title IV, Sec. 401 (PDF, 394 KB), the PQMP was established to increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality measures available to public and private purchasers of children's healthcare services. The initial phase of the PQMP focused on developing new and enhanced pediatric measures to improve children’s quality of care through cooperative agreement grants with PQMP Centers of Excellence (COEs).
In 2011, AHRQ and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services jointly awarded seven cooperative agreement grants to seven COEs, each forming a broad coalition of consumer stakeholders, health services researchers, and State agency partners to inform its work. The COEs applied diverse talents and expertise to investigating and finding solutions to some of the most pressing issues in child health quality measurement. The grantees engaged in the initial phase of PQMP were:
| Principal Investigator (P.I.) | Grantee Institution/Center of Excellence (COE) |
|---|---|
| Gary L. Freed | University of Michigan/Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC) |
| Lawrence C. Kleinman | Mount Sinai School of Medicine/Mount Sinai Collaboration for Advancing Pediatric Quality Measures (CAPQuaM) |
| Rita Mangione-Smith | Seattle Children's Research Institute/Center of Excellence on Quality of Care Measures for Children with Complex Needs (COE4CCN) |
| Ramesh Sachdeva | Medical College of Wisconsin/Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE) |
| Sarah H. Scholle | National Committee for Quality Assurance/National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ) |
| Mark A. Schuster | Boston Children’s Hospital/Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM) |
| Jeffrey H. Silber | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Center of Excellence at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) |
