Quality and Safety Measures

Nationwide Children's Hospital uses Quality Measures to determine the kind of job we do for our patients. As a hospital, we have chosen to focus on seven key Quality Measures. Each measure gives us the opportunity to focus on a particular ailment, how we are currently doing and what we can do to improve. We are always trying to better ourselves so that we may provide the best possible care for our patients and their families. The seven key measures that we have studied are:

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Prescription Medicine Disposal

Are you aware that some of the most dangerous substances to children and adolescents may be sitting in your medicine cabinet? Every year, children mistakenly ingest prescription medications that are not secured properly. Even scarier is that some adolescents purposely …Read More »The post Prescription Medicine Disposal appeared first on Children's on Quality.... [read more]

Explaining the Country’s Infant Mortality Rate – Part 2

Infant mortality rates among the African American population are higher than those of the Caucasian population in this country. Part two of this infant mortality podcast addresses some theories that explain this disparity, including the issues of poverty, education and …Read More »The post Explaining the Country’s Infant Mortality Rate – Part 2 appeared first on Children's on Quality.... [read more]

Explaining the Country’s Infant Mortality Rate – Part 1

The measurement of infant mortality says a lot about a country, especially its quality and accessibility of good public health. Even in some of the wealthiest countries in the world, though – such as the United States – infant mortality …Read More »The post Explaining the Country’s Infant Mortality Rate – Part 1 appeared first on Children's on Quality.... [read more]

Pediatric Asthma

Pediatric asthma is a big problem in this country. Did you know that each year, 10 million school days are missed due to asthma? And, over half a million kids visit an emergency department each year due to an asthma-related …Read More »The post Pediatric Asthma appeared first on Children's on Quality.... [read more]

PediaCast MashUp

Here at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, we try to get useful information out to the community through as many channels as possible. If you’re reading this, you are obviously familiar with Children’s on Quality. But have you taken a listen to …Read More »The post PediaCast MashUp appeared first on Children's on Quality.... [read more]

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