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February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article assesses patient safety indicators (PSIs) over the past decade to examine whether national safety and quality trends have improved. Of the 15 PSIs considered in this study, seven PSIs had increasing annual percentages changes and seven had decreasing annual percentage changes.
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
Family Service America developed both a bi-weekly newsletter on child and family issues and a database to track and evaluate outcomes, allowing family service agencies to compare their performances and demonstrate their effectiveness in the field.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Pediatricians recognize that social and nonmedical factors influence child health and that there are many government programs and laws designed to provide for children's basic needs. However, gaps in implementation result in denials of services, lea ...
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Approximately 3 million children in the United States are hospitalized every year. This study examines children and adolescents' views of the quality of their nursing care while hospitalized and their physical and emotional states.
August 11, 2009 | Story
Seattle Children's Hospital incorporated language services metrics into the hospital dashboard and changed hospital policy to require interpretation two times a day for patients.
March 29, 2010 | Program Result
Investigators at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health found examples of local and regional service-integration efforts that could be replicated in other communities.
February 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Middleton, Wis., integrated research issues on tobacco treatment for adolescents into a conference addressing methodological issues in tobacco treatment outcomes research.
October 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1999 to 2001, researchers at Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute evaluated two projects that were part of the Kaiser Permanente Cares for Kids Demonstration Projects.