EIIC's quality improvement (QI) collaboratives are free to participants and bring various health care departments, hospitals, or organizations together to address a specific aspect of providing care—in this case, improving emergency care for children (or improving "pediatric readiness").

Collaboratives follow a cyclical series of learning sessions, action periods, measurement and evaluation, and finally, summative publications. In addition, the collaboratives often result in the development of toolkits of resources, which are available to all.

Active Collaboratives

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Pediatric Readiness QI Collaborative

This is the second cohort of a collaborative to improve day-to-day pediatric readiness and ensure high quality emergency care for children.
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Pediatric Readiness Recognition Program Collaborative

State Partnership grantees are working together to create guidelines for state-based pediatric readiness recognition programs.
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Disaster Response Collaborative

Visit the Pediatric Pandemic Network to learn more about the Disaster Response Collaborative.

Past Collaboratives

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    Disaster Networking Collaborative

    September 2023 - June 2024

    This collaborative was to improve pediatric disaster preparedness across U.S. children’s hospitals.

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    ED STOP Suicide Collaborative

    February - November 2023

    This collaborative addressed the ongoing state of emergency in children’s mental health (specifically acute suicidality).

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    PECC Workforce Development Collaborative

    September 2021 – June 2022

    This collaborative developed individuals interested in improving the quality of pediatric care at EMS agencies, EDs/hospitals, or within their regions through the role of a pediatric emergency care coordinator.

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    Telehealth Collaborative

    January – June 2021

    This collaborative evaluated the impact of public health crises on children with special health care needs and children with behavioral health emergencies, assess telehealth capacities, and provide guidance and support to improve access to emergency pediatric services particularly in rural, tribal, and territorial areas.

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    Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Quality Collaborative

    July - December 2020

    This collaborative focused on enhancing the ability of hospitals to receive and treat children in response to a disaster.

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    Pediatric Readiness Quality Improvement Collaborative

    January 2018 - April 2020

    This collaborative was to improve day-to-day pediatric readiness and ensure high quality emergency care for children across the country, as assessed by the National Pediatric Readiness Project Assessment. A second cohort is currently in progress, see there work here.

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    Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Learning Collaborative

    October 2018 - March 2019

    This collaborative was to form a cohort of EMSC State Partnership Grant recipients to demonstrate effective, replicable strategies which will increase the number of local EMS agencies with a pediatric emergency care coordinator

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    Facility Recognition Collaborative

    April 2016 - December 2017

    This collaborative was to assist state programs in accelerating their progress in improving the pediatric readiness of EDs and to develop a program to recognize EDs in their state that are ready to care for children with medical emergencies.

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