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2006-2008 AzAAP Strategic Plan

Strengthen the Organization

1. Increase Membership
2. Improve Communications
   • Develop process to contact new members and residents
3. Focus on Advocacy
   • Develop process to connect doctors to community advocacy committees and vice versa
   • Develop advocacy training program to recognize advocates for AzAAP
   • Create process to identify specific people/specialists to hold specific seats for government committees
   • Develop process whereby government committees come to AzAAP for recommendations of Pediatricians to have seats on committees
4. Explore Board Expansion
   • Expand board to include Rural and IHS
   • Change by laws
   • Recruit people to run for elected positions
5. Clarify Relationship between PFA and AzAAP

Organization of Healthcare for Children

1. Launch Pediatric Council
   • Address global issues salient to pediatrics with primary function of building relations and exchanging information
2. Enhance Practice Advocacy to Address Individual Issues
   • Revitalize "hassle factor" forms
   • Create list and maintain updates of provider relations representatives from health plans
   • Create and update list of medical directors for health plans
   • Continue problem-solving
3. Focus on Proactive Practice Management
   • Publish yearly reimbursement survey
   • EMR/EHR practice benchmark
4. Enhance Quality Improvement
   • Improve number of submitted claims through AHCCCS
   • Train providers quarterly
   • Better implement PEDS development screening
   • Limit liability issue by improving safety of care