Moving the Discourse on Quality in Pediatrics
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Clinical Scholar thought leaders are among the investigators seeking to improve the quality of health care delivered to children in the United States.
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Rapid Adoption of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Acute Gastroenteritis
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An evidence-based practice change was implemented in six weeks of project launch and sustained for seven months.
Looking at Conventional Medical Treatment and Advice for Common Pediatric Problems: Do They Work?
January 24, 2013 | Story
Merenstein's early experience convinced him that, to continue in research, he needed a better understanding of statistics and more sophisticated research techniques.
Providing Safer, Higher Quality Pediatric Care
March 6, 2013 | Story
A grantee team focuses on how to do a better job of caring for children
Striving to Improve Newborn Care
March 4, 2013 | Story
A trio of scientists—including two alumni of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars program—published an article on March 1, 2013, shedding new light why some hospitals are better able to help vulnerable newborns survive.
RWJF Clinical Scholars Survey Child Health Quality
March 1, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Lawrence Kleinman, an alumnus of the RWJF Clinical Scholars program, helped guide a special supplement of studies by RWJF Clinical Scholars into publication in Pediatrics this month.
Child Abuse Pediatrics Chooses You
January 25, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and an alumnus of the RWJF Clinical Scholars program.
Hospitalized Children's Perspectives on the Quality and Equity of Their Nursing Care
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.
Researching Food Allergies: A Professional Mission Becomes Very Personal
October 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Food allergy impacts 8 percent of the nation’s children, corresponding to two children in every classroom or almost six million children in the country.
Accuracy of Administrative Billing Codes to Detect Urinary Tract Infection Hospitalizations
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines the reliability of using administrative billing codes to identify pediatric urinary tract infection hospitalizations. Urinary tract infections are among the most common causes of hospitalization for children, and there is substantial variation in the treatment of pediatric urinary tract infection hospitalizations.