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The Official Journal of the
National Association for Healthcare Quality
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May/June 2008
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Guest Editorial: The Quality of Pediatric Care—How Will We Cross the Chasm?
David C. Classen
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JHQ Web Exclusives
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Improving the Functionality of Electronic Health Record Systems for Children’s Healthcare
Joy Kuhl, S. Trent Rosenbloom, S. Andrew Spooner
q&a: Joellen Murphree on North Mississippi Medical Center and the 2006 Baldrige National Quality Award
Michelle Horvath
Conference Brief: World Congress Leadership Summit on Evidence Based Medicine
Mary S. Savitsky
Media Reviews
Quality NETwork
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Applying the medical home model of continuous and comprehensive care provision to hospital-based care coordination may benefit both children with complex conditions and their families, as well as the community-based providers.
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Evaluation of Standardized Teaching Plans for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Performance Improvement Project
Joanne Blagojevic, Sigrid Stephens
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A performance improvement project evaluated the effectiveness of standardized teaching plans for diabetes mellitus and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Preliminary data indicated a passing score of at least 90% on posttests by all learners, suggesting that standardized teaching plans may help nurses complete prescribed dis-charge teaching.
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Condition HELP: A Pediatric Rapid Response Team Triggered by Patients and Parents
Bonnie S. Dean, Michael J. Decker, Dianne Hupp, Andrew H. Urbach, Elizabeth Lewis, Jocelyn Benes-Stickle
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This article presents a 2-year analysis of pediatric patient safety outcomes following the implementation of Condition HELP, a pediatric patient safety program that gives families an immediate voice in their child’s medical care through access to a 24-hour telephone number. |
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Interview with a Quality Leader: Barbara Spreadbury on Children’s Health
Christy L. Beaudin
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Barbara Spreadbury is vice president, solutions, for the Child Health Corporation of America.
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Journey Toward Meaningful Pediatric Quality Metric Reporting: The Texas Experience
Fiona H. Levy, Julia S. Henion, J. Mitchell Harris II
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Working under a mandate for public reporting, children’s hospitals in Texas partnered with the state to provide meaningful assessment of the quality of pediatric inpatient care. Over a 2-year period, currently available quality measures were reviewed, and interagency consensus was reached.
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A Novel Error-Reporting Tool in Pediatric Intensive Care
Nikoleta S. Kolovos, Susan L. Bratton, Fiona H. Levy
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Following implementation of a novel paper-based error-reporting tool for the pediatric intensive care unit, more errors were reported than with the existing computerized error-reporting system. A scoring system was also de-veloped to assess potential harm to patients. The tool provided information about frequent and high-risk errors that guided successful improvements in patient care and safety and the achievement of measurable success.
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National Quality Forum Issue Brief: Strengthening Pediatric Quality Measurement and Reporting
Nikoleta S. Kolovos, Susan L. Bratton, Fiona H. Levy
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Conference Brief: Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 19th Annual National Forum
Pamela K. Scarrow
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Guest Editorial: Quality Healthcare for America’s Children
Christy L. Beaudin
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