THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY

Grants to aao to support "quality and data science": faao provides support to the h. Dunbar hoskins jr., m.d. Center for quality eye care, which was established as a quality of care and health policy research center that advances the accessibility to and appropriateness of eye care services. The work of the hoskins center ensures that patients continue to receive high quality, evidence-based eye care within a tightening economic environment that will demand increased value for any services provided. Although extensive in scope, the hoskins center is organized into four main programmatic areas: (i) evidenced-based eye care: produces guidance for eye care providers and develops performance-in-practice evaluation tools; (ii) value-based delivery of eye care: identifies and assesses value-based eye care practice models for a variety of settings and examines the public health needs for quality of eye care; (iii) medical information technology standards: creates standardized terminology, imaging and ehr standards, and models for integrating e-prescribing and technology in practice; and (iv) fellowships and grants funding: extends the reach and scope of the hoskins center in emerging or understudied eye care areas by funding the research of outside investigators and organizations.

Other program services include owing and maintaining property, which is leaded to the american academy of ophthalmology (faao's supported organization) for use within its general operations as well as grants to aao for administrative purposes.