UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT Print Section Listen Understanding child development and its associated constructs sets the care of children apart from the care of adults.1 There is consensus on the need to…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Consultation and comanagement roles are still evolving for the pediatric hospitalist in the United States. Typically, hospitalists provide direct care for inpatients, seeking consultation from specialty…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The approach to the hospitalized child and family has changed dramatically over the last decade. Physicians are rarely the sole decision makers when children are hospitalized….
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Over the last 50 years, the electronic health record (EHR) has emerged as a critical tool in the delivery of safe, efficient, quality healthcare. EHR systems…
INFECTION CONTROL: A PATIENT SAFETY ISSUE Print Section Listen Nosocomial infections are the single most common adverse event experienced by hospitalized children and adults. A recent multicenter survey found that…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen If the value of a healthcare system is defined as the quality of the system divided by its cost, then the value of care in the…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Ideal clinical care integrates a health care professional’s clinical experience, individual patient preferences and values, and current best clinical evidence. Every hospitalist has his or her…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen If all variation were bad, solutions would be easy. The difficulty is in reducing the bad variation, which reflects the limits of professional knowledge and failures…
CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS Print Section Listen The field of pediatric hospital medicine has grown rapidly over the past 18 years, since the term “hospitalist” was first coined. The number…
