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Health Care Public Policy
 

19
May 2010
Ohio Senate passes Healthy Choices bill
The Healthy Choices for Healthy Children legislation we discussed a couple of months back (here, and here) passed in the Ohio Senate yesterday afternoon. Cincinnati Children’s and the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association have strongly supported this bill from its infancy and we are pleased it has passed this crucial vote. A companion bill is expected to
By: Kate Setter | 0
Childhood Obesity
 

18
May 2010
Revolutionizing school lunches
ABC recently wrapped up a six-part primetime series called “Food Revolution” in which celebrity chef Jamie Oliver overhauled school lunches at a school system in Huntington, West Virginia, the most overweight city in the United States.A Washington Post article summarizing the level of success of the project paints a fairly rosy picture of incorporating Oliver’s
By: Kate Setter | 0
Featured Faces
 

12
May 2010
Our people make us who we are
We’ve written several times in this space about our global health efforts and the contributions clinicians and researchers at Cincinnati Children’s have made and are making to child health around the world. Today, we focus on our fine clinicians and researchers who were born in other countries and have chosen to be here, in Cincinnati, contributing to our efforts. We believe this diversity
By: Kate Setter | 0
Childhood Obesity
 

30
Apr 2010
A new Seattle connection
About the time we launched this blog last fall, several other children’s hospitals around the country were embarking on similar endeavors. It’s been interesting for us to see the approach that each organization has taken and the different resulting blogs. Especially given the fact that, essentially, we all do the same thing – take care
By: Kate Setter | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

28
Apr 2010
A vision for child health in Northern Kentucky
A report released today by Cincinnati Children’s and the strategic planning initiative Vision 2015 indicates that many children in Northern Kentucky face a future of poor health as they are threatened by unhealthy environments. If you’re not familiar with Cincinnati-area geography, Northern Kentucky (NKY) is a large part of the greater Cincinnati community and as such,
By: Kate Setter | 0
Childhood Obesity
 

18
Mar 2010
Let’s Move to fight childhood obesity
Let’s Move! It’s a great suggestion, right? We think so, and here’s why: Let’s Move is a nationwide campaign with a single goal: to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation, so that children born today can reach adulthood at a healthy weight. Yep, sounds like something we’d get behind! In this week’s
By: Kate Setter | 0
Health Care Quality
 

11
Feb 2010
A checklist manifesto of our own
Atul Gawande’s recently released book, The Checklist Manifesto, caught our attention last week as Dr. Gawande was making the media rounds. We’re clearly not in the business of reviewing books (but here’s one courtesy of the New York Times, if you’re interested), and honestly, none of us in media relations have read it, but just
By: Kate Setter | 0
Childhood Obesity
 

03
Feb 2010
Healthy Choices for Healthy Children (Part II)
A few days ago, we posted a synopsis of the first part of the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Act that is working its way through both the Senate and House of Representatives in Ohio. The bill proposes 3 key areas of action, the following is Dr. Lisa Simpson’s testimony on behalf of the bill,
By: Kate Setter | 0
Childhood Obesity
 

29
Jan 2010
Healthy Choices for Healthy Children (Part I)
As we mentioned back in November, Dr. Lisa Simpson, director of the Child Policy Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s, recently testified on behalf of the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Act that is making its way through the Ohio State House as we speak. The CPRC and Cincinnati Children’s are members of the coalition that worked
By: Kate Setter | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

27
Jan 2010
Data is key to understanding prematurity
In November, I introduced the issue of prematurity as one that we care deeply about at Cincinnati Children’s. Since that time, the March of Dimes has issued their annual report card, and the news for Ohio isn’t good.  In the state-by-state assessment of infant mortality, a statistic that is largely based on preterm births, Ohio
By: Kate Setter | 0
Uncategorized
 

29
Dec 2009
Leaving a legacy
As our CEO, Jim Anderson, completes his final week at the helm of this institution, The Cincinnati Enquirer yesterday featured a front-page article that looked at the medical center’s achievements over his 13 years here. It’s a great piece; I hope you’ll take a few minutes to read it. Children’s CEO leaves legacy of growth by Cliff Peale
By: Kate Setter | 0
Health Care Reform
 

21
Dec 2009
Some thoughts on health care reform
According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, President Obama’s approval rating is less than 50% for the first time in his presidency. A political debate is not something we wish to begin here, but speculation is that this drop in his approval is based, in part, on opinions that he is spending too
By: Kate Setter | 0
Health Care Reform
 

11
Dec 2009
A history lesson: agriculture and health care reform
Want to have a little faith in the health reform efforts? History could teach us a thing or two about how to navigate health care reform and how to be patient with the process. “The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front. Government
By: Kate Setter | 0
Patient Flow
 

08
Dec 2009
Patient flow key to managing H1N1 influx
At Cincinnati Children’s, the month of October is being affectionately referred to as “baptism of fire.” H1N1 hit our emergency departments hard — nearly 800 patients in one day at the two EDs combined (normal numbers are 350-400). But the experience has proven what’s possible with organization and preparation. We started planning for the onslaught
By: Kate Setter | 0
Health Care Quality
 

04
Dec 2009
Leaping to the top
The results of the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey are in and Cincinnati Children’s is tops!Only eight pediatric institutions and 45 hospitals of any kind were named one of this year’s Top Hospitals. Our rigorous quality and safety work continues to be recognized.Top pediatric hospitals make the list by having a quality score of 95 or
By: Kate Setter | 0
Childhood Obesity
 

19
Nov 2009
Obesity needs our attention
Surprise, surprise: America has a weight problem. Of course, it’s no surprise. Look around. The only surprise is that despite all the evidence of how harmful obesity is — high blood pressure, heart disease, premature death, diabetes — it’s getting worse. A report out earlier this week says that if America doesn’t get its weight problem
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