National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN)

Member States

Below please find the lead contacts for states who are actively participating in the Improvement Partnership.

Vermont

Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP), established in 1999
Rachel Garfield, MHS, PhD
Executive Director, VCHIP
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Rachel.Garfield@med.uvm.edu

Alabama

Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance (ACHIA), established 2013
Cason Benton, MD
Program Director, Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance
cbenton@peds.uab.edu

Arizona

Best Care for Kids, established in 2005
Peggy Stemmler, MD, MBA
Director, Best Care for Kids
peggy@frameshiftgroup.com

Colorado

American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Chapter, joined in 2023
Leisha Andersen, MD, MPH, FAAP
leisha@aapcolorado.org

Indiana

Child Health Improvement Partnership Indiana (CHIP IN for Quality), established in 2011
Angela Paxton
Practice Liaison, CHIP IN for Quality
Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics,
Children’s Health Services Research
arpaxton@iu.edu

Maine

Maine Child Health Improvement Partnership (ME CHIP), established in 2011
Maine Child Health Improvement Partnership (ME CHIP)

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Pediatric Improvement Partnership (NHPIP), established in 2013
Holly Tutko, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
holly.tutko@unh.edu

New Jersey

American Academy of Pediatrics, New Jersey Chapter & New Jersey Pediatric Council on Research and Education (PCORE)
Steven Kairys, MD, MPH, FAAP 
Medical Director, New Jersey PCORE
steven.kairys@hmhn.org

New Mexico

Envision New Mexico: The Initiative for Child Healthcare Quality, established in 2004
Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, PhD
Research Associate Professor, 
EYJimenez@salud.unm.edu

Oregon

Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership (OPIP), established in 2010
Colleen Reuland, MS
Executive Director, OPIP
reulandc@ohsu.edu

Rhode Island

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH Kids), Established in 2005
Patricia Flanagan, MD
Chief of Clinical Affairs, Hasbro Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics for Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
President, American Academy of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Chapter
pflanagan@lifespan.org

South Carolina

Quality through Technology and Innovations in Pediatrics, established in 2013
Ramkumar Jayagopalan, MD, FAAP 
ramkumarjayagopalan@gmail.com

Tennessee

Pediatric Healthcare Improvement Initiative for Tennessee (PHiiT), established in 2014
Becky Brumley, RDH, MPH
Program Director/Quality Coach
becky.brumley@tnaap.org

Utah

Utah Pediatric Partnership to Improve Healthcare Quality (UPIQ), established in 2003
Diane Liu
Director, UPIQ
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Diane.Liu@hsc.utah.edu

Washington

Washington State Collaborative for Improving Health, established in 2005

Washington, DC

DC Partnership to Improve Children’s Healthcare Quality (DC PICHQ), established in 2005
Mark Weissman, MD, FAAP
Executive Director, DC PICHQ
Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Community Health,
Children’s National Medical Center
Medical Director, Children’s National Health Network
mweissma@childrensnational.org

Wisconsin

Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin
Naomi Kowald, CAPSW
Medical Home Project Manager
nkowald@chw.org

*Please click here to view state members not currently participating in NIPN activities.