Community Provider Corner

(From the June 2024 Issue of Medstat)

Clinical Pathways Now Online

Nationwide Children’s Clinical Pathways are peer-reviewed, evidence-based best practice recommendations for the management and treatment of medical conditions. The goal of sharing Clinical Pathways is to standardize best practices, leading to the best patient outcomes.

  • Clinical Pathways are informed by national clinical practice guidelines and a review of current literature.
  • They are meant to complement clinical judgment; they are not meant to be applied rigidly in all cases.
  • Clinical Pathways are developed by content experts, including physician and nursing leaders from medical subspecialties, and representatives from pharmacy, respiratory therapy and other allied health practitioners.

Click here to view pathways and other tools for your practice.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Prescribing Guidelines

In collaboration with subject matter experts from Nationwide Children’s and Dayton Children’s Hospital, Partners For Kids® has created prescribing guidelines for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This tool is designed to assist providers with screening and treating ADHD. Resources within the guidelines include screening tools, treatment algorithms and medication dosing recommendations.

Click here to access the prescribing resources For questions and more information, please send an email.

New Comfort Ability Program

The Comfort Ability Program was launched at Nationwide Children’s in 2023. This one-day, in-person workshop is designed for youth ages 10 to 17 who experience chronic or recurring discomfort, such as pain, nausea, fatigue, weakness and dizziness. The program teaches kids, teens and their caregivers valuable skills to better manage their discomfort and improve their quality of life. Participants learn ways to manage recurring physical discomfort, connect with other teens and caregivers facing similar challenges and develop personalized plans to enhance important areas of their lives despite discomfort. Improvements are observed in a child’s quality of life within one week of completing this program. Do you know someone who may benefit from Comfort Ability?

Project ECHO Upcoming Offerings

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a collaborative and innovative tele-mentoring program designed to create virtual communities of practice by bringing together subject matter experts and community providers. This guided-practice model uses videoconferencing technology, brief didactic presentations, and case-based learning to create an “all teach, all learn” environment, where best practices are shared to reduce health disparities, improve patient outcomes in underserved areas and provide specialty care to patients in their communities.

Check out new program offerings, including:

  • ECHO Autism: Primary Care
  • ECHO Pain Continuity
  • ECHO Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Foundations
  • ECHO Obesity: Continuity
    • Preventive Cardiology
    • Nephrology

For your patient families, Family ECHO: Autism is available. Click here to learn more.