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Care Centers & Healthcare Professionals Interested in Joining

Key Benefits

• Your HLHS patients have the potential for improved outcomes and reduced mortality through the implementation of techniques and processes shared by NPC-QIC teams.

• NPC-QIC satisfies US News and World Report’s criteria for participating in an externally audited, national quality-improvement research network.

• Your team is affiliated with Pediatric Cardiology experts across the country.

• Access to NPC-QIC registry data which may be used for clinical and quality improvement research and has resulted in over 20 publications.

• The following specialists are eligible for meeting requirements to receive credit towards Maintenance of Certification.​

  • Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (ABP)

  • General Pediatrics (ABP)

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (ABP)

  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (ABP or ABPN)

  • Pediatric Cardiology (ABP)

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (ABP)

  • Pediatric Surgery (and fetal surgery) (ABS)

  • Congenital Cardiac Surgery (ABTS)

  • Obstetrics, Maternal and Fetal Medicine (ABOG)

• Your team receives training in Improvement Science principles and techniques that also apply to many other clinic and business processes.

• Physician and nurse attendees at NPC-QIC Learning Sessions receive Continuing Education credits.

• NPC-QIC activities may align or satisfy your institutional initiatives for quality and patient safety.

Our Goals

The overarching goal of NPC-QIC is to improve outcomes for children with cardiovascular disease.  The initial project focused specifically on improving the survival and quality of life of infants with a univentricular heart during the “interstage” period following a Norwood operation (between their first  and second heart surgeries). As these efforts in the interstage continue, the second phase of The Collaborative focusses on the care and outcomes of these infants from diagnosis through the child’s first year of life.  We are currently designing the third phase of our work which will focus on improving outcomes for those with Fontan physiology from 1st birthday to adulthood.

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