Quality Care and Patient Safety in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Johanna R Rosen; Srinivasan Suresh; Richard A Saladino

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2015.12.004

Quality Care and Patient Safety in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2016 Apr;63(2):269-82. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.12.004.

Authors

Johanna R Rosen¹, Srinivasan Suresh², Richard A Saladino³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, AOB 2nd Floor, Suite 2400, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. Electronic address: Johanna.Rosen@chp.edu.
² Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Room 6415 AOB, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, AOB 2nd Floor, Suite 2400, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.

PMID: 27017034
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.12.004

Abstract

Over the past 15 years, with alarming and illustrative reports released from the Institute of Medicine, quality improvement and patient safety have come to the forefront of medical care. This article reviews quality improvement frameworks and methodology and the use of evidence-based guidelines for pediatric emergency medicine. Top performance measures in pediatric emergency care are described, with examples of ongoing process and quality improvement work in our pediatric emergency department.

Keywords: Pediatric emergency care; Performance measures; Quality improvement; Quality improvement frameworks and methodology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Emergency Service, Hospital / standards*
Humans
Patient Safety*
Pediatrics / standards*
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Improvement*
Quality of Health Care*