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September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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.
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.
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.
Learning How to Inform Health Policy
January 22, 2013 | Story
A native of Texas, Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, grew up certain he wanted to be a doctor but uncertain that practicing medicine alone would be enough. “I knew I was interested in broader issues, such as the quality of care in pediatrics,” he says.
Evaluation of Consistency in Dosing Directions and Measuring Devices for Pediatric Nonprescription Liquid Medications
December 15, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to assess the consistency and clarity of over-the-counter (OTC) pediatric liquid medication dosing directions and measuring devices found highly variable and potentially confusing directions, devices and units of measurement within and across medications.
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.
Ambulatory Visit Rates and Antibiotic Prescribing for Children with Pneumonia, 1994-2007
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Kids with pneumonia treated after an office visit are more likely to receive broad-spectrum antibiotics despite evidence of little benefit over narrow-spectrum penicillins.
Use of a Pictographic Diagram to Decrease Parent Dosing Errors with Infant Acetaminophen
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Pictograms improve parents' accuracy in giving their children medication, but high error rates persist.
Articles by RWJF Scholar Alumni in Pediatrics Journal Cover Broad Range of Topics
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Alumni of three scholar programs report on their studies of privacy for adolescents, methods of care, medical outcomes, the history of women in pediatrics and more.