Maintenance of Certification Part 4 (MOC) credit Performance in Practice will be offered to pediatricians completing the requirements of the project through the AAP's portfolio status as an MOC provider. The Academy will apply for 20 credits of Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) for completion of the entire project (including learning sessions).

Using quality improvement methods, practices will make key practice changes with tools, assistance from a QI coach, and data to guide their progress. Data will be collected at the point of care using an encounter form that also provides decision support to clinicians. On demand data reports highlighting practice performance on multiple measures are provided to practices. Data collection on patient encounters over a 10 month period will track increases in percentage of patients receiving Optimal Asthma Care - a bundled measure that includes use of a standardized method to measure asthma control, a stepwise approach to treatment, provision of an asthma action plan, and persistent asthma patients on controller medications.

We will be recruiting 10-15 pediatric practices for the project across all of the members we serve. Practices will identify a quality improvement team and develop specific improvement goals to help focus their efforts to improve asthma care for children specific to their practices. The CQN Asthma program will provide the selected chapters with tools, resources and technical support to lead this quality improvement (QI) effort, and will gain QI knowledge and develop their capacity to support member practices in QI efforts.