Quality Committee Update

The PCICS Quality Committee will be offering formal QI project support to PCICS members starting this October 2023. The QILT project—Quality Improvement Leadership and Training—is designed to help society members who have a QI project in mind but are either new to the science of QI or work in institutions with limited or no support for QI. The project itself is divided into a 2-day series of didactic sessions highlighting QI tools, project design and implementation, and writing for publication. These sessions will be held as a virtual offering in October of 2023, followed by ongoing support of select projects by the QILT committee. The overall goal is to see these projects through design, study, data completion and publication. Anticipated cost is $100 for participation in the virtual sessions.

Please contact the authors or any of the team members listed below for any questions.

Dana Mueller, MD Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist / Assistant Clinical Professor Medical Director of Technology for Quality & Predictive Analytics Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology University of California San Diego School of Medicine Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, CA

Melina M. Handley, DNP, ARNP, PNP-AC APP Supervisor & Nurse Practitioner – Cardiac Critical Care Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, WA

Kevin Hummel, MD Assistant Professor Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiology University of Utah and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Salt Lake City, UT

Rambod Amirnovin MD FAAP Medical Director, Quality and Utilization Elevance Health California Critical Care Faculty Miller Children’s Hospital

Jennifer Gauntt, MD (She/Her/Hers) Attending Physician, CardioThoracic Intensive Care Unit Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Ohio State University Columbus, OH