Patricia Simino Boyce, Director, PAQH/EQUIP, joined the Center for Home Care Policy and Research in July 2005. She is currently managing the Partnership for Achieving Quality Homecare (PAQH) program funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); and the Effort
for Quality Improvement and Performance in Home Health Care (EQUIP) initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The objective of these two initiatives is to develop a partnership among home health care providers, researchers and key stakeholders to improve quality performance in home health care.
Prior to joining the Center, Patricia served as the Director of Emerging Initiatives and Information Management at Primary Care Development Corporation and Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University School of Nursing, Graduate Division. Previously, she served as Director of CQI Initiatives, HIV Quality of Care Program at the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute; Manager in the Northeast Health Care Consulting for Ernst & Young; and Principle in an independent health care consulting practice. Patricia has more than 20 years experience in health care, specializing in quality improvement; program design and project management; and education and training. Dr. Boyce is a Registered Nurse with Master of Arts degrees in Community Health and Nursing Education, and a PhD in Medical Sociology..
