… [Read more...] about Volume 8, Number 4 – Fall 2019 – Focus on Quality & Safety
Fall 2019
SPS Quality and Safety Committee UpdateBy Cheri Landers, MD
This edition of the newsletter is the first of our ‘mission-subject-matter’ newsletters. Many thanks to Nicole Johnson for being willing to be the first to gather articles and ideas for this Quality and Safety themed edition!
The Quality and Safety Committee is comprised of several smaller subcommittees or workgroups who work quietly and efficiently behind the scenes for our … [Read more...] about SPS Quality and Safety Committee Update
Interview with a Sedation Center of Excellence
UHHospitals Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s HospitalBy Trish Scherrer, MD
For this year’s Fall newsletter focus on quality, we are fortunate to include an interview with Dr. Nicole Johnson and the sedation COE program at Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Pediatric Sedation Unit (PSU). Rainbow has one of the oldest and most robust pediatric sedation units in the country, established and staffed by the division of pediatric critical care medicine. The se … [Read more...] about Interview with a Sedation Center of Excellence
UHHospitals Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital
Pilot Study of a Primary and Secondary Prescreening Process for Sedated MRI Patients at Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaBy Christy Cory, BSN, RN, CPN
Prior to 2016, Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA) had a process in place for pre-screening patients who needed sedation for magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) which had schedulers ask a series of questions to parents. Due to the scheduler’s non-clinical background, extensive rescheduling of patients occurred. Data was then collected in search of developing a more efficient ap … [Read more...] about Pilot Study of a Primary and Secondary Prescreening Process for Sedated MRI Patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta