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Maximizing Health Outcomes In A Medical Home For Children With Medical Complexity: The Beacon Program., Ingrid Larson, Amber Hoffman, Michael Artman
Maximizing Health Outcomes In A Medical Home For Children With Medical Complexity: The Beacon Program., Ingrid Larson, Amber Hoffman, Michael Artman
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Current Workforce Characteristics And Burnout In Pediatric Emergency Medicine., Marc H. Gorelick, Robert Schremmer, Holly Ruch-Ross, Carrie Radabaugh, Steven Selbst
Current Workforce Characteristics And Burnout In Pediatric Emergency Medicine., Marc H. Gorelick, Robert Schremmer, Holly Ruch-Ross, Carrie Radabaugh, Steven Selbst
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OBJECTIVES: Changes in health care delivery and graduate medical education have important consequences for the workforce in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM). This study compared career preparation and potential attrition of the PEM workforce with the prior assessment from 1998.
METHODS: An e-mail survey was sent to members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on EM and to non-AAP members board certified in PEM. Information on demographics, practice characteristics and professional activities, career preparation, future plans, and burnout (using two validated screening questions) was analyzed using standard descriptive statistics.
RESULTS: Of 2,120 surveys mailed, 895 responses were received (40.8% …
Reducing Overutilization Of Testing For Clostridium Difficile Infection In A Pediatric Hospital System: A Quality Improvement Initiative., J Michael Klatte, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Mary Anne Jackson, Angela Myers
Reducing Overutilization Of Testing For Clostridium Difficile Infection In A Pediatric Hospital System: A Quality Improvement Initiative., J Michael Klatte, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Mary Anne Jackson, Angela Myers
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OBJECTIVES: Study objectives included addressing overuse of Clostridium difficile laboratory testing by decreasing submission rates of nondiarrheal stool specimens and specimens from children ≤12 months of age and determining resultant patient and laboratory cost savings associated with decreased testing.
METHODS: A multifaceted initiative was developed, and components included multiple provider education methods, computerized order entry modifications, and automatic declination from laboratory on testing stool specimens of nondiarrheal consistency and from children ≤12 months old. A run chart, demonstrating numbers of nondiarrheal plus infant stool specimens submitted over time, was developed to analyze the initiative's impact on clinicians' test-ordering practices. A …
Pediatric Safety And Quality, Susan R. Lacey, Janis B. Smith, Karen Cox
Pediatric Safety And Quality, Susan R. Lacey, Janis B. Smith, Karen Cox
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Pediatric care is complex due to developmental and dependency issues associated with children. How these factors impact the specific processes of care is an area of science in which little is known. We are only beginning to understand the relationship between nurse staffing and adverse events in hospitalized children; effects that may be compounded by inadequate numbers of pediatric nurses. Throughout health care providing safe and high quality patient care continues to provide significant challenges. Efforts to improve the safety and quality of care are resource intensive and take continued commitment not only by those who deliver care, but …