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Angelo P Giardino1, Tiffany Glasgow1, Jill Sweney1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA and Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Hospital Practice (1995)
|March 7, 2022
PubMed

Insights

This special edition explores key issues in pediatric hospital care, focusing on improving health equity, patient safety, and efficient care delivery for children.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Medicine
  • Hospital Administration
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

  • This special edition addresses critical aspects of pediatric healthcare within the inpatient hospital setting.
  • It covers a spectrum of challenges impacting children's health and well-being.

Discussion:

  • Focus areas include mitigating healthcare inequities and bias, optimizing patient rounding efficiency, and leveraging patient/family feedback for service enhancement.
  • Discussions also cover the diagnostic process, preventing medical errors, and advancements in pediatric palliative care.

Key Insights:

  • Rapid identification and treatment of pediatric sepsis are crucial.
  • Effective management of children requiring home ventilation and the implementation of pediatric rapid response teams are highlighted.
  • Quality rating systems for children's hospitals are examined.

Outlook:

  • The collection aims to foster continuous improvement in pediatric hospital practices.
  • It emphasizes a holistic approach to child health, from diagnosis to long-term care and quality assessment.

Keywords:
Pediatricschildren’s healthchildren’s hospitalspediatric hospital medicinepediatric inpatient health care

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