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We received 44 incredible entries from 27 very enthusiastic children s hospitals. That s a 50 percent increase from last year. <br /> <br /> The topics are diverse, from waste reduction to clinical care projects, but what you have in common is the desire to share what you ve learned. Thank you for submitting your project. You re defining safer, more efficient practices that can be replicated in peer hospitals. <br /> <br /> <strong> What s next in the process? </strong> <br /> The hospital judges will soon begin reviewing the entries. Once the hospital judges evaluate the entries, the top applications will be sent to a panel of international industry experts for judging. <ul> <li>Hospital judges review  Completed by February 10 <li>Industry judges review  Completed by March 23 <li>Winner announcement  by March 31 <li>Award ceremony  May 16 </ul> <p><strong> Contact Us </strong><br /> <a href="mailto:cherie.thomas@chca.com">Cherie Thomas </a> 913.981.4199 <br /> <a href="mailto:pam.ellis@chca.com">Pam Ellis</a> 913.981.4150 <br /> <br /><br /> <a name="study" /> <h2><strong>Study Finds that Children s Asthma Care Measure Compliance is Not Associated with Reductions in Readmissions or Emergency Room Visits </strong><br /> <i>Researchers see an opportunity to improve pediatric quality measures </i><br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p> One of three Children s Asthma Care (CAC) core measures adopted by the Joint Commission shows no significant link between measure compliance and a decrease in asthma-related readmission or emergency care following an initial admission for treatment of asthma, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study, conducted by the Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA) Research Group, is included in the Oct. 5, 2011 issue of JAMA. View the <a href= "../mm/pdf/Asthma Care Quality Measures Release.pdf" target ="_blank"> <strong>news release</strong> </a> for additional information. <br /> <br /> The study,  Hospital-Level Compliance with Asthma Care Quality Measures at Children s Hospitals and Subsequent Asthma-Related Outcomes, can be read in its entirety at <a href= "http://jama.ama-assn.org" target ="_blank"> http://jama.ama-assn.org/.</a> <br /> <br /><br /> <a name="ceo" /> <h2><strong>CHCA and NACHRI/N.A.C.H. Names New CEO to Lead Merged Organization </strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p> <img src="http://www.chca.com/images/WIETECHA_Mark.jpg" width="125" height="188" border="10" align="left" />The Board of Governors of the combined National Association of Children s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.), National Association of Children s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), and Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA) announced today that <strong> <a href ="../mm/pdf/CEOPressRelease.pdf" target ="_blank"> Mark Wietecha has been named president and chief executive officer</a></strong>, effective Sept. 22, 2011. Wietecha is a nationally known health care strategist and respected business leader. A Board-appointed search committee launched a national search following the merger of the organizations in April of this year. After an extensive search and interview process, the Board selected Mark Wietecha as the president and CEO. <br /> <br />  Mark Wietecha is an insightful, charismatic and seasoned leader, and we believe that guided by his leadership, we will make immediate and significant progress towards our shared vision  to be the catalyst for improving child health and children s health care through assessment, advocacy and action, said Board Chair Jim Mandell, M.D. Mark s leadership transition will begin on September 22, and he will be on board full time in early December. <br /> <br /> Mark Wietecha is familiar to many of us, having worked as an advisor to children s hospitals on strategic issues for more than 20 years. Mark is the executive chairman of Kurt Salmon, a leading management consulting firm comprising more than 1,500 consultants around the world in several industry specializations. He has been named among the  Most Influential Consultants in the country by Consulting Magazine and one of the  5 Healthcare Industry Leaders to Know by Becker s Review. Mark is a nationally respected thinker on the future of health care and routinely speaks on this and other topics. <br /> <br /> Mark s appointment continues a truly historic year for our organization, and our momentum remains strong as we welcome him and look toward a new and innovative era! And, our priority remains the advancement of our core missions  child health and children s hospitals. <br /> <br /> Please feel free to direct any questions to <a href="mailto:jerry.rutherford@chca.com">Jerry Rutherford </a> at CHCA and <a href="mailto: lmcandrews@nachri.org">Larry McAndrews </a> at NACHRI/N.A.C.H. They are equally excited about Mark s announcement and will help facilitate a smooth transition with staff, members and our organizational partners. <br /> <br /><br /> <a name="ade" /> <h2><strong>Journal Features Work of 13 Children s Hospitals to Prevent Adverse Drug Events </strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p> A 2008 collaborative to reduce medication harm in pediatric patients can now help other hospitals change their adverse drug event (ADE) rates. The study <a href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/06/29/peds.2010-3772.abstract"> <strong> Sustaining and Spreading the Reduction of Adverse Drug Events in a Multicenter Collaborative </a></strong> published in the July 2011 edition Pediatrics. <br /> <br /> Interventions tested by 13 children s hospitals prevented 12,910 ADEs, the leading cause of harm to hospitalized children, and totaled $14 million in savings. The improvement project focused on five key areas: <ul> <li>Standardization of Medication Ordering <li>Clinical Decision Support <li>Reliable Medication Dispensing Processes <li>Reliable Medication Administration Processes <li>Patient Safety Culture </li> </ul> <p>This ADE Sustain and Spread project built on a previous improvement collaborative that prevented 13,400 ADEs. Download resources to help you prevent ADEs in your hospital. <br /><br /> <img src ="../images/pdf.jpg" /><a href ="../mm/pdf/ChangePackage_ADE_SS.pdf" target ="_blank">ADE Sustain and Spread Change Package</a> This document provides recommended interventions. When implemented collectively, breakthrough improvement is likely to be achieved.<br /> <img src ="../images/pdf.jpg" /><a href ="../mm/pdf/MeasurementGrid_ADE-SS.pdf" target ="_blank">ADE Sustain and Spread Measurement Grid </a> This grid is broken into Outcome and Process Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement. <br /> <br /> <strong>Contact:</strong> Tina Logsdon | Tel: 913.262.1436 | E-mail:<a href="mailto:tina.logsdon@chca.com">Tina Logsdon</a> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <a name="" /> <h2><strong>AHRQ Awards PRIS and CHCA Grant for New Database to Measure Effectiveness of Care Interventions </strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p> <br /> The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded the PRIS network and CHCA a three-year, $8.9 million grant to create an infrastructure for comparative effectiveness research. Specifically, the project will augment PHIS with laboratory and radiology results from six children s hospitals across multiple sites of care inpatient, outpatient, emergency department and day surgery. This new combined clinical and administrative data will be called  PHIS+. Researchers will then be able to generate new high quality evidence on the comparative effectiveness of health care interventions for hospitalized children. <br /> <br /> The addition of clinical data, such as laboratory, microbiology, and radiology results, will significantly expand the scope of questions and outcomes that pediatric researchers will be able to study. CHCA is in a unique position to disseminate the results of the comparative effectiveness research projects that will result from the AHRQ grant. PRIS investigators hope that the PHIS+ database will be used to measure quality of care, and CHCA can play a role in organizing quality improvement collaboratives that utilize the PHIS+ data, said Dr. Ron Keren, Associate Professor, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Principal Investigator. <br /> <br /> CHCA will receive $1.2 million to develop the database and for support of the research efforts to follow. The first 18 months of the project to begin Sept. 30 will be spent on creating the database, the infrastructure to support it, and collecting data from the six participating hospitals. The second 18 months will be spent researching the data for several proposed comparative effectiveness projects. <br /> <br /> The six hospitals participating are Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Primary Children s Hospital/Salt Lake City, Children s Hospital Boston, Cincinnati Children s Medical Center, Seattle Children s Hospital and Pittsburgh Children s Hospital. <br /> <br /> <strong>About PRIS:</strong><br /> The Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) network is a research network whose mission is to improve the health of and healthcare delivery to hospitalized children and their families. Founded in 2001, PRIS includes over 200 hospitalists from 80 pediatric centers across the United States and Canada. PRIS strives to conduct research that is informative and relevant, and addresses real-world systems-based and clinical management decisions for hospitalized children with acute and chronic conditions. It is also concerned with developing strategies for implementing the results of comparative effectiveness research to produce better outcomes and value for hospitalized children and their families. <br /> <br /><br /> <p> <a name="news4232007" /> <h2><strong>CHCA Hospitals Offer Community Physicians Medical and Surgical Product Savings</strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p>The expanded <a href="../mm/pdf/medsurg_final.pdf" target="_blank">Child Health Advantage (CHA) portfolio</a> offers physician practices competitive pricing on supplies, pharmaceuticals and business services. Physician offices see immediate savings between 15-25%, and in some cases, as much as 60%, through a new agreement with Provista (Novation, Inc.) <br /><br /> The program leverages the buying power of physicians across the nation to drive down costs and is free for physicians to join. The program s mission is to provide easy access to an appropriate product portfolio at competitive pricing, and in turn enhance relationships between the hospitals and the community physicians. <br /><br /> To learn more, visit the Child Health Advantage <a href="http://www.childhealthadvantage.com/Default.aspx" target= "_blank">web site </a> or contact Sean Jeffries, <a href="mailto:sean.jeffries@chca.com">sean.jeffries@chca.com</a>. <p> <br /> <a name="news4232007" /> <h2><strong>Journal Features Work of 26 Children s Hospitals to Reduce Dangerous Bloodstream Infections</strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p>Interventions tested by 26 children s hospitals achieved a 33 percent reduction in bloodstream infection rates to improve safety and reduce hospital stays. Bloodstream infections account for 30 percent of all health care associated infections in pediatrics. The study <a href="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/598341" target= "_blank"><i>Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Performance Improvement Collaborative</a> </i> published recently in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE). ICHE is read by 3600 epidemiologists, infection control practitioners, clinicians and scientists in pediatrics, surgery and microbiology. <br /><br /> <strong>AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD</strong> <br /> <img src ="../images/pdf.jpg" /><a href ="../mm/pdf/ChangePackageBSI.pdf" target ="_blank">Change Package</a> This document outlines recommended interventions to reduce the number of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric inpatients. <br /><br /> <img src ="../images/pdf.jpg" /><a href ="../mm/pdf/MeasuresGridBSIs.pdf" target ="_blank">Measures Grid</a> The Measures Grid is broken down into Outcome, Process and Balancing Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement. <br /> <br /> <strong>Contact:</strong> Tina Logsdon | Tel: 913.262.1436 | E-mail:<a href="mailto:tina.logsdon@chca.com">Tina Logsdon</a> <p> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a name="news4232007" /> <h2><strong>New Patient Safety Organization Offers Reporting Protections to Help Children s Hospitals Reduce Serious Errors</strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"></span></h2> <p>The Patient Safety Organization (PSO) can now offer legal protection for children s hospitals to report serious events. PSOs provide a confidential environment for clinicians and hospitals to openly share harm data that improves care. <br /><br /> These protections will remove many of the barriers that may have previously deterred patient safety and quality initiatives. Child Health PSO will work with its 43 children s hospitals to track serious events, evaluate causes of harm and share safety protocols and best practices. <br /><br /> Created as part of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 and administered by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), information provided to a PSO is protected by law, which limits its use in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. Read <strong><a href="http://www.pso.ahrq.gov/psos/fastfacts.htm" target="_blank">PSO Fast Facts</a></strong> to learn more. The PSO is in an early stage  more information will be available in the coming months. <br /> <br /> Questions? Contact Kate Conrad, Patient Safety Officer at <a href="mailto:kate.conrad@chca.com">Kate Conrad</a> <p> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> </tr> <td><a name="news4232007" /> <h2><strong>Pediatrics Article Features First Pediatric-Specific Collaborative Shown to Reduce Medication-Related Harm in Children s Hospitals</strong><br /> <span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;">Pediatric Patients Have Greater than 1 in 10 Chance of Suffering an Adverse Drug Event</span></h2> <p> <p>Narcotic-related adverse drug events (ADE) are the most common ADE in hospitalized children. New interventions tested by 14 children s hospitals achieved a 67 percent reduction in narcotic-related ADE rates to improve safety and cost savings. The study <i>An Intervention to Decrease Narcotic-Related Adverse Drug Events in Children s Hospitals will publish in Pediatrics </i> on October 1, 2008. <br /> <br /> <h2><span style="font-size:smaller;font-weight:bold;"><strong>AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD</strong> </span></h2> <p><strong><a href="../mm/misc/Change Package ADE-Narcotics.xls" target="_blank"> Change Package</a></strong><br /> This document outlines the recommended interventions to reduce the number of preventable narcotic-related ADEs in pediatric inpatients. <br /><br /> <strong><a href="../mm/misc/Measure Grid ADE-Narcotics.pdf" target="_blank">Measures Grid</a></strong><br /> The Measures Grid is broken down into Outcome, Process and Balancing Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement.</p> <p><STRONG> Contact: </STRONG><br /> Tina Logsdon<br /> 913.262.1436 <br /> tina.logsdon@chca.com <br /><br /> </td> </tr> <!-- <tr valign="top"> <td> <a name="news4232007" /> <h2><strong>Join the Pediatric Affinity Group Call on National Action Day to Learn More About The Kids Campaign!</strong></h2> <p> This informational call on June 20 will kick-off the 2007 Pediatric Webcast Series and provide updates on pediatric-specific supplemental materials to support the following 5 Million Lives interventions: <ul> <li>Preventing Harm from High-Alert Meds <li>Reducing MRSA Infections <li>Getting Boards on Board <li>Reducing Surgical Complications/Surgical Site Infections <li>Preventing Pressure Ulcers <li>Deploy Rapid Response Teams <li>Prevent Adverse Drug Events <li>Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia <li>Prevent Central Line Infections </ul> </p> <p> The Pediatric Affinity Group includes the AAP, CHCA, NACHRI and NICHQ working together with IHI and leadership hospitals to build a robust knowledge exchange and help pediatric organizations eliminate these preventable harms. To learn more about The Kids Campaign, visit <a href="http://www.aap.org" target="_blank">www.aap.org</a>, <a href="http://www.chca.com" target="_blank">www.chca.com</a>, <a href="http://www.nachri.org" target="_blank">www.nachri.org</a> or <a href="http://www.nichq.org" target="_blank">www.nichq.org</a>. </p> <p> See below for information on how to join the call. No registration required. Questions? Contact Deborah Boetig (deborah.boetig@chca.com) or Karla Bronson (<a href="mailto:Karla.Bronson@chca.com">Karla.Bronson@chca.com</a>) via email or 913-262-1436. </p> <p> <strong>National Action Day - Pediatric Affinity Group Logistics</strong><br /> Date: June 20, 2007<br /> Time: 1:30  1:50 Eastern Time<br /><br /> <strong>To Join</strong><br /> Via the web:<br /> - Go to <a href="http://ihiactionday.webex.com" target="_blank">ihiactionday.webex.com</a> (NOTE: There is no  www )<br /> - Click on  Pediatric Affinity Group and follow the instructions. <br /> Via teleconference: Please call 866-469-3239 and enter code #49261111#<br /><br /> <strong>About National Action Day</strong><br /> On June 20, 2007, the first ever National Action Day marks the six-month milestone of the 5 Million Lives Campaign. National Action Day is a free, day-long series of web-based sessions (with audio) and takes place from 11:00  5:00 PM Eastern Time. The sessions, led by IHI faculty, Campaign scientific partners, and Campaign Mentor Hospitals, are designed to offer practical strategies for getting lasting results faster and more reliably on all 12 interventions in the 5 Million Lives Campaign. 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