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Patient Safety
 

01
Dec 2009
Patient safety … a journey, not a destination
Standing in front of an auditorium full of bright-eyed (given the early-morning hour, that is) medical residents and other doctors today delivering Grand Rounds, I wanted to convey to them that they’re in a special place. The title of the talk was “A Patient Safety Update: Can Cincinnati Children’s Become a High Reliability Organization?” I
By: Dr. Steve | 0
Patient Flow
 

24
Nov 2009
All in favor of saving money …
It just makes sense: the right patient in the right place at the right time.In other industries, a lot of time and energy is devoted to making sure things operate smoothly; that equipment is used as efficiently as possible; that staff aren’t sitting around waiting for work; and customers aren’t waiting to be served.It isn’t
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Health Care Reform
 

17
Nov 2009
Setting an example
At the heart of our mission to “change the outcome” is sharing what we learn so others can benefit. That’s why the collaborative network ImproveCareNow, in which caregivers collect and share data and progress about patients, is so exciting. We need to keep sharing and keep pushing beyond the walls of our singular institutions and
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Chronic Care Networks
 

13
Nov 2009
New system of care: A good day for kids!
Who says Friday the 13th is bad luck? For lots of people with chronic diseases and the doctors, nurses, parents and others who care for them, Friday the 13th of November, 2009, may go down as one of the luckiest days in a long, long time. It was on this day the data was released
By: Thomas McCormally | 2
Health Care Public Policy
 

11
Nov 2009
Healthy families … healthy kids
A lot has been happening in the child health public policy arena. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of it all.To help, the Child Policy Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s, part of the Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, publishes a newsletter. The fall edition just hit the newsstands this week. (Well, OK, no
By: Thomas McCormally | 1
Health Care Reform
 

09
Nov 2009
A step in the right direction
The victors celebrated. The critics kept critiquing. The general public wonders “what’s in it for (or against) me?”And those of us in the health care industry just keep on working. I’m talking, of course, about the passage, on Saturday, of what some are calling the first major congressional overhaul of health care since the 1965
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Health Care Reform
 

09
Nov 2009
We can’t forget the children
The New York Times Magazine yesterday featured a cover story about work that’s being done in Utah to reform the health care system. Good stuff there, no doubt. Higher quality, lower cost. Who can argue, right? The article, like most in the Times Magazine, is long in words, but it seems to be missing a
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Patient Safety
 

04
Nov 2009
A thousand little things — the culture of safety
People sometimes ask, “What’s the one big thing you do to create a culture of safety at your medical center?” There isn’t one, I say. Building a culture of safety seems to be a combination of a few big things and thousands of little things. The big things seem to get noticed, but I have
By: Dr. Steve | 0
Safety and Prevention
 

30
Oct 2009
Don’t worry ’til it’s time to worry
We’re in troubled times. Parents are frightened and upset. Children are scared. Doctors are seeing record numbers of patients. Stories of H1N1 fill the news every day. And while this flu virus is different, it’s nothing to panic about. Early uncomplicated illness can be managed at home, just like the regular, seasonal flu. Parents should
By: Michael K. Farrell, MD | 0
Health Care Public Policy
 

29
Oct 2009
Waste not, want not
The headline of this post is something I heard my grandmother say over and over. Or maybe it was my mother. Anyway, it’s something those who lived through the Great Depression learned and it became a part of their being. There have been reports that suggest as we learn to live with less through this
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Chronic Care Networks
 

23
Oct 2009
Social networks can enhance health care
You are,  no doubt, familiar with Facebook and Wikipedia and similar sorts of sites. After all, you’re reading this blog.  And those kinds of networks are known for helping people connect to others despite physical distance. Wikipedia in particular harnesses the brain power of millions to create an amazing on-line resource. (We can debate the
By: Peter Margolis, MD, PhD | 2
Uncategorized
 

19
Oct 2009
We’ve got our work cut out for us
If anyone ever said caring for kids is easy they either 1) weren’t a parent or 2) weren’t a pediatrician. One of the things that is clear here at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition at the Washington, D.C. convention center, is there are numerous challenges today facing kids — and the
By: Thomas McCormally | 1
Vaccines
 

18
Oct 2009
Debating the Science of Vaccines
The H1N1 vaccine is now available to the public, but instead of making plans to get the vaccine, many families are writing it off and encouraging other families to do the same. This, and an increasing trend among young, educated parents to question the safety and necessity of childhood vaccinations, has me worried that parents
By: Bob Frenck MD | 1
Health Care Public Policy
 

18
Oct 2009
Top doc says it’s time for health reform
The room that is housing the Department of Federal Affairs for the American Academy of Pediatrics this weekend at its National Conference and Exhibition is a busy place. Doctors and other interested people are stopping by to talk about various health care proposals and learn what they can do to help. As I visited with
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Uncategorized
 

17
Oct 2009
… and how are the children?
As America’s pediatricians gathered here in Washington, D.C., this weekend, they were hailed as heroes, they were congratulated for a job well done and they braced for the challenges of these times. And they were reminded that the country’s future, literally and figuratively, is in their hands. The American Academy of Pediatrics annual National Conference
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Health Care Reform
 

16
Oct 2009
Don’t Forget the Little Ones in Health Care Reform
With the Senate Finance Committee’s action this week, there’s a lot of buzz over Congress’ work on health care reform. Making law, especially when it’s as controversial as this bit of legislation, is never easy and it’s not always pretty. It’s also pretty darn confusing. Just like Jim Anderson, in his commentary on this site earlier today,
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Health Care Reform
 

16
Oct 2009
Win, win — Health care reform from within
Seems like everywhere I go, people ask me about health care reform like I have some inside track. But as I said at a Town Hall meeting last month with Sen. Sherrod Brown, I’m not taking one side of the aisle over the other on this one. We need reform. But the thing that’s most
By: James M. Anderson | 2
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