Welcome to the Children's Hospital of Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham Cystic Fibrosis Center      

We are pleased to notify you that your Center at the

University of Alabama at Birmingham has been selected as one of

the 2009 recipients of the annual

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Quality Care Award:

Recognizing Outstanding QI Processes and Accomplishments. 

    
Working with the CFF Center Committee, the CF Foundation instituted the Quality Care Award in 2008. The awards are presented each year at the US Center and Program Directors' meeting held in conjunction with the CFF North American CF Conference.  Recipients of the award are chosen by the CFF Center Committee from the Centers visited during the most recent fall and spring site visit cycles previous to NACFC.  
 
The criteria set forth for being considered for the award is sustained quality improvement work that improved outcomes.  The Quality Improvement performance standards which the Committee will use to identify Centers that meet this criteria include:

• The Center actively uses clinical outcomes data to identify opportunities for improvement and documents results of improvement efforts;
• aligns improvement efforts to result in measurable improvement in important clinical outcomes (process improvement tied to clinical outcomes with Key Drivers);
• consistently and actively involves patients and families in identifying, designing, and / or implementing improvement efforts;
• employs innovative strategies to improve care processes and out comes; and
• implements system changes that result in high reliability of care processes.

We are a Cystic Fibrosis Center, accredited by the CF Foundation,  providing care for approximately 340 Cystic Fibrosis patients and families in Alabama and surrounding areas.

We are located at:
1600 7th Avenue South
ACC Suite 620
Birmingham, AL 35233
Office Phone: 205-939-9583
Office Fax:  205-975-5983

Here are a few members of our team: