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Using Performance Measures to Drive Improvement in Pediatric Emergency Care

To address serious shortcomings related to pediatric emergency care (PEC), the "Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains" component of the Institute Of Medicine report recommends the development of national standards for emergency care performance measurement. This webinar will address the following essential issues:
  1. The importance and relevance of performance measurement in pediatric emergency care
  2. Use of a consensus development process to define a balanced report card for pediatric emergency care
  3. Integration of performance measurement into the electronic medical record
  4. Examples of how measures have been used to improve pediatric emergency care
  • Pain assessment and management – the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
  • Effective treatment of pediatric asthma exacerbations – the Children,s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Timely antibiotic administration for children with fever, neutropenia and central lines – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Presented by:
Evaline Alessandrini, MD, MSCE: Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Director, Quality Scholars Program in Healthcare Transformation, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Marc H Gorelick, MD, MSCE: Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin. Jon E. Vice Chair in Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Kathy Shaw, MD, MSCE: Professor of Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Chair for Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Pediatrics
Stephanie Kennebeck, MD: Professor of Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Chair for Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Pediatrics
Moderator:
CAPT Daniel Kavanaugh. MSW, LCSW-C: Senior Program Manager, HRSA/MCHB Emergency Medical Services for Children
Date Presented:
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
12:00-1:30pm Eastern
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