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Practice Issues Committee Co-Chairs
Rebecca Baum, MD (term expires 2012) Nationwide Children's Hospital Email: rebecca.baum@nationwidechildrens.org	Neelkamal S. Soares, MD (term expires 2013) University of Kentucky Email: neelsoares@hotmail.com

The Practice Issues Committee, which is open to new members, will address the following objectives of the March 2009 Strategic Plan:

1. Facilitate discussion of practice issues, to include access to care and the use of Electronic Medical Records in DBP practice
2. Determine strategies to champion interdisciplinary practice, to include periodic surveys of the membership and dissemination of successful models of interdisciplinary practice. Practice models may include, but are not limited to, collaboration between clinicians in the disciplines of DBP, Psychology, Nursing, and Social Work
3. Support Quality Improvement efforts related to DBP practice, to include the development and dissemination of tools for successful practice, SIGs and research registries; and issues related to Maintenance of Certification
4. Promote best practices in DBP to all child health care providers, to include participation in the development and implementation of standards of care, thereby continuing the work of the Benchmarks of Quality group
5. Explore strategies to promote the exchange of information related to DBP practice. These may include print media, annual meetings, DB:PREP, and through collaboration with the AAP Section on DBP and related SDBP committees. The development of web-based resources and electronic tools will be pursued.