Committees Advocacy Committee Communications Committee Development Committee Education Committee Fellowship Training Committee Membership Committee Past Presidents Committee Practice Issues Committee Program Committee Research Committee Trainee/Recent Graduate Committee

Practice Issues Committee Co-Chairs Charles T. Morton, MD (term expires 2010) Pediatric Clinic Email: charles.morton@carle.com

Rebecca Baum (term expires 2011) Email: rebecca.baum@nationwidechildrens.org

The Practice Issues Committee, which is open to new members, will address the following Goal 6 objectives of the Strategic Plan:

1. Analyze, interpret and disseminate the results of the Practice Parameters and Financial Factors survey.
2. Facilitate discussion of practice issues, to include: sessions on coding at annual meetings, venues for discussion at the annual meeting and DB: PREP, and collaboration with the AAP Section on DBP.
3. Determine strategies to champion interdisciplinary practice, to include publicizing successful models of interdisciplinary practice.
4. Evaluate the needs for SIGs and research registries for quality improvement in clinical practice.
5. Promote best practices in DBP to all child health care providers, to include exploration of development of standards of care.
6. Consider collaborating with other relevant groups to conduct a workforce analysis for the field.