Improving Information Accessibility: Bringing Healthcare Guidance to the Palm of Your Hand
In a busy outpatient practice, timely access to up-to-date clinical resources is crucial to delivering evidence-based care. In the olden days, books and journal articles were the go-to method. Today, ...
23 Jan 202425min
Wellness in the Workplace: How to Nurture Positive Culture and Advocate for Yourself
In today's fast-paced work environment, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. Due to that intense pace, it's important for employees and employers alike, to promote healthy working behaviors and surroun...
16 Jan 202431min
Safe Storage to Save Lives: The Role of Guns in Adolescent Suicide
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for children, adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 24. Roughly 7% to 8% of adolescents attempt suicide each year and 17% report significant suicidal ide...
9 Jan 202436min
Prioritizing Pediatric Readiness: How Proper Preparedness Saves Young Lives
One goal in our healthcare improvement is to achieve equitable access to high quality emergency care for kids, regardless of where that child is physically located. Children have unique characteristic...
2 Jan 202434min
A Happy and Healthy Holiday Season from Charting Pediatrics
2023 has been an impactful year. We kicked it off by continuing to cover topics under our mental health series. The rise of teen substance abuse and addiction, the intersection between physical and me...
26 Dec 202317min
Patient Information in a Changing Legal Landscape: Cures Act, Open Notes and Electronic Medical Records
In 2021, federal rules from the 21st Century Cures Act mandated that most clinical notes be made available in real-time, online and free of charge to patients. This practice, commonly known as "open n...
19 Dec 202331min
Critical Vaccine Communication: How Do We Shift Immunization Hesitancy?
Vaccines are so successful that many people have never seen the diseases they prevent, resulting in misperceptions that vaccines are not needed. While anti-vaccination sentiment and misinformation inc...
12 Dec 202328min
Specifically Specialized Treatment: How Precision Medicine is Revolutionizing What's Possible
For most of our careers, our treatments for genetic -based diseases have been supportive, not curative. Our medication recommendations for patients have been based on the expected response of the aver...
5 Dec 202335min
