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Pediatr. Clin. North Am. · Apr 2016
ReviewQuality Care and Patient Safety in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Johanna R Rosen, Srinivasan Suresh, and Richard A Saladino.
- Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, AOB 2nd Floor, Suite 2400, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. Electronic address: Johanna.Rosen@chp.edu.
- Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 2016 Apr 1; 63 (2): 269-82.
AbstractOver the past 15 years, with alarming and illustrative reports released from the Institute of Medicine, quality improvement and patient safety have come to the forefront of medical care. This article reviews quality improvement frameworks and methodology and the use of evidence-based guidelines for pediatric emergency medicine. Top performance measures in pediatric emergency care are described, with examples of ongoing process and quality improvement work in our pediatric emergency department.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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