Team funded to implement children’s asthma and sickle cell quality measures

Elizabeth CoxA team of investigators that includes Dr. Elizabeth Cox recently received funding from AHRQ and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop and implement new children’s quality measures for asthma and sickle cell disease. The project is funded under the Pediatric Quality Measures Program, and will be used by state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs, as well as payors, clinicians, and patients & families to measure improve the quality of care for children with these diseases.