Children's Memorial's Cystic Fibrosis Center receives a national quality award
November 3, 2008 — The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) has recognized Children’s Memorial Hospital as one of several 2008 recipients of the first annual quality care Award: Recognizing Outstanding Quality Improvement Processes and Accomplishments.
Recipients of the award are chosen by the CFF Center Committee from the centers who had peer-review site visits during the fall 2007 and spring 2008 cycle. The committee reviewed center quality improvement activities and clinical outcomes data to identify awardee centers. Centers that were chosen consistently and actively involved patients and families in identifying, designing, and/or implementing improvement efforts; employed innovative strategies to improve care processes and outcomes; and implemented system changes that resulted in high reliability of care processes.
Cystic fibrosis affects about 30,000 people in the U.S. Although there is no cure, comprehensive care is available at accredited CF care centers, and research is being conducted to develop new treatments and to search for a cure. Life expectancy for cystic fibrosis is steadily increasing.
The Cystic Fibrosis Center at Children's Memorial has been a CFF-accredited CF care center since 1963. The CF center is staffed with a two dedicated multidisciplinary teams, one focused on the care of children and teenagers and the other (in collaboration with Northwestern Memorial Hospital) focused on the care of adults. Each team includes physicians, nurses, dieticians, respiratory therapists, social workers, genetic counselors, exercise physiologists and pulmonary function specialists with expertise in CF care. The core team (physician, nurse, nutritionist, respiratory therapist and social worker) is available at every regularly scheduled CF outpatient visit and by telephone.
For more information, contact Julie Pesch at 773.880.4500.
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