Overutilization of antibiotics and emergence of resistant bacteria are important problems,
particularly in intensive care units. To date, reproducible interventions to improve antibiotic …

Opinion statement As outlined in the 2001 Institute of Medicine landmark paper “Crossing
the Quality Chasm,” the overarching goal of healthcare is to provide safe, efficient, effective …

Over 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 …

From January to March 2015, a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, nursing, pharmacy,
informatics, and analytics developed a cost dashboard, and a value analysis and decision …

Objectives: We sought to assess the attitudes of pediatric intensive care unit medical
directors in California regarding the need for, the validity of, and the potential impact of …

BACKGROUND Although the majority of children are hospitalized in nonchildren's hospitals,
little is known about the quality and safety of pediatric care in community hospitals …

Summary of the Clinical Problem There has been interest and debate concerning the safety
and efficacy of some of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) practices and designation …

Introduction: We aimed to demonstrate the application of national pediatric quality
measures, derived from claims-based data, for use with electronic medical record data, and …

In this issue of Pediatrics, Horbar and his colleagues1 report on variations in mortality across
62 of the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Vermont Oxford Network …

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released information regarding
the amount hospitals charge for various treatments and conditions as part of the Obama …