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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on October 1, 2009
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsp088
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Introduction to the Special Issue: Quality Improvement in Pediatric Psychology*

Lori J Stark, PhD

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lori J. Stark, Ph.D., Division of Behavioral Medicine, MLC 3015, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229. E-mail: Lori.Stark@cchmc.org

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The Quality Improvement movement grew out of two reports from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the quality and safety of healthcare in the United States, "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System" (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 1999Go) and "Crossing the Quality Chasm: A new Health System for the 21st Century" (Institute of Medicine, 2001Go). In the 2001 Crossing the Quality Chasm report the IOM bluntly stated, "Between the healthcare we have and the care we could have lies not just a gap, but a chasm." The United States has one of the most expensive and technologically advanced systems of care, with the most highly trained, technically proficient and best-motivated providers; yet millions of Americans do not receive proven, effective treatments that can save lives, millions suffer because they are exposed to unnecessary health services, and a large number are injured because of preventable complications of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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