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Mediglyphs

Mediglyphs® is a library of pictograms used to help patients and families understand the proper way to give medications and some information on precautions and storage.

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Chisolm Lab

Under the direction of Deena Chisolm, PhD, the Chisolm Lab focuses on studying health equity at the intersection of communities, health systems, and health policies.

Community and Advocacy

Nationwide Children's has nationally recognized population health efforts to help children where they are: in their schools, homes and neighborhoods.

How Value-Based Care Helps Make Community Investment Possible

Nationwide Children's Chief Financial Officer Luke Brown is charged with carefully managing the finances of one of the United States’ largest pediatric health systems. At the same time, Nationwide Children’s is making significant population health investments, with the goal of keeping children as healthy as possible – and keeping them out of the hospital. In a recent conversation, he spoke of balancing those goals.

The Integrated Care For Kids Project

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and nearly 50 community organizations are leading a $14.5 million initiative to improve the health and well-being of Licking County and Muskingum County children – especially those at increased risk of hospitalization or being placed outside the home.

Medicaid and Young Adult Trauma Patients

Trauma is the leading cause of death for young adults, and more than 30% of young adult trauma patients were uninsured before 2014. Has the Affordable Care Act, and the expansion of Medicaid in some states, had an impact on outcomes? A new study from Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Abigail Wexner Research Institute helps answer the question.

Meet Partners For Kids

When policy makers and health care leaders talk about “value-based care,” the work exemplified by Partners For Kids is what they mean.

Project ECHO and BH-Tips

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a learning collaborative that uses a hub-and-spokes model for case-based group education. A multidisciplinary team of behavioral health and primary care professionals at Nationwide Children’s are the hub, and community providers are the spokes.

Proving That Value-Based Care Can “Bend the Cost Curve”

Results of a Pediatrics study indicate that Partners for Kids successfully improved the value of pediatric health care over time through cost containment, while maintaining quality of care.