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A Virtual Program to Aid Families of Children With Autism

For years, Project ECHO has allowed Nationwide Children’s experts to virtually educate health care providers throughout Ohio. Now, the hospital is using the same model to support families of children with autism throughout the United States.

What Experts Know About Youth Suicide Prevention

Experts from Nationwide Children’s Center for Suicide Prevention and Research have helped create a free book exploring the most pressing issues in suicide prevention. Learn how you can download your own copy.

Youth Most at Risk for Suicide Feel Supported by “Caring Contacts”

Patients hospitalized for suicidality are 300x more at risk of suicide in the first week after hospital discharge, and 200x more at risk over the first month, compared to the general population. Nationwide Children’s is the first children’s hospital to study how a positive texting service after discharge may help these youth.

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Study Shows Text Messages Help Youth at Risk For Suicide Feel Supported After Discharge

In a study published today in the JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, faculty at the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research (CSPR) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital described the implementation of an automated Caring Contacts texting system and found the intervention helped youth at risk for suicide feel hopeful and supported during a period of heightened risk. According to the study, this intervention and similar efforts to improve care transitions are critical to improving youth suicide prevention outcomes.

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Glenn V Thomas

October 2026

Read the October 2026 issue of MedStat.

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Featured Physician

Learn more about Michael F. Perry, MD, section chief of Hospital Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s and an associate professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Perry shares his favorite podcast, and an interesting fact about making maple syrup.

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• Nationwide Children's Named to U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll for 13th Consecutive Year 
• Warren D. Lo, MD, Chairs Peer Review for New AHA/ASA Adult Stroke Rehabilitation Guideline
• 2027 Medical Leadership Program

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CSOR Lab Staff

Learn more about co-directors Kyle Van Arendonk, MDm PhD, and Daryl McLeod, MD, MPH, and their dynamic team in the Center for Surgical Outcomes Research.