Publications

Below is a collection of quality improvement publications from the Department of Pediatrics, showcasing our commitment to enhancing patient care, safety, and clinical outcomes. These publications highlight innovative strategies, data-driven approaches, and collaborative efforts aimed at improving healthcare delivery for children.

Ensuring Timely Pulmonary Follow-up after an Inpatient Asthma Hospitalization: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatric Quality and Safety Chandrasekar L, Schaffer H, Godse S, Grossman M, Chen L, Brumer E DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000815

Improving Palivizumab Administration to High-Risk Infants with Heart Disease via a Communication-Based Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatric Cardiology Leone DM, Rodriguez A, Cowenhoven K, O’Connell M, Grossman M, Ferdman D DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03388-3

Implementation of a health system intervention to reduce time from presentation to surgical intervention for pediatric testicular torsion. Journal of Pediatric Urology DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.10.042

Increasing the use of anxiolysis and analgesia for paediatric procedures in a community emergency department network: a quality improvement initiative. Emergency Medicine Journal Kelley MN, Lynders W, Pelletier E, Petrucelli M, Emerson B, Tiyyagura GK, Goldman MP. DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2023-213232

Heckscher D, Jalfon M, Buck MB, Abello A, Nguyen JV, Casilla-Lennon M, Leapman MS, Hittelman AB, Teitelbaum J, Emerson BL, Kenney PA, Cavallo JA,

Improving Palivizumab Administration to High-Risk Infants with Heart Disease via a Communication-Based Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatric Cardiology Leone DM, Rodriguez A, Cowenhoven K, O’Connell M, Grossman M, Ferdman D.

Learning From a National Quality Improvement Collaborative for Brief Resolved Unexplained Events. Pediatrics Hochreiter D, Sullivan E, DeLaroche AM, Jain S, Knochel ML, Kim E, Neuman MI, Prusakowski MK, Braiman M, Colgan JY, Payson AY, Tieder JS. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-060909

Quality Improvement Initiative Enhances Outpatient Pediatric Pulmonology Follow-up for Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Pediatric Quality and Safety Brumer E, Godse S, Chandrasekar L, Kizilirmak TK, Blythe E, Gozzo Y, Peterec S, Kandil S, Grossman M, Chen L, Weiss P, Sheares B. DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000736

2023

Fleiss N, Morrison C, Nascimento A, Stone D, Myers E. Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative. J Pediatr. 2023 Sep;260:113421. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113421.

A quality improvement approach to integrating social determinants of health objectives into pediatric simulation. AEM Education and Training DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10910

Feick M, Iqbal AU, Boolchandani H, Kandil S, Johnston L, Soma G, Cordone A, Auerbach M, Tiyyagura G.

Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Content in Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Academic Pediatrics DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.06.003

Ostfeld-Johns S, Leverette D, Dioneda B, Malcolm J, Crittenden F, Carr C, Taylor A, Amaya K, Weiss P, Grossman M, Berkwitt A.

Improving Early Colostrum Administration to VLBW Infants in a Level 3 NICU: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Journal of Pediatrics DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113421

Fleiss N, Morrison C, Nascimento A, Stone D, Myers E.

Increasing the use of anxiolysis and analgesia for paediatric procedures in a community emergency department network: a quality improvement initiative. Emergency Medicine Journal

Kelley MN, Lynders W, Pelletier E, Petrucelli M, Emerson B, Tiyyagura GK, Goldman MP.

Reducing MRSA Infection in a New NICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-057033

Barrett RE, Fleiss N, Hansen C, Campbell MM, Rychalsky M, Murdzek C, Krechevsky K, Abbott M, Allegra T, Blazevich B, Dunphy L, Fox A, Gambardella T, Garcia L, Grimm N, Scoffone A, Bizzarro MJ, Murray TS.

2022

An initiative to improve pneumococcal immunization counseling in children with nephrotic syndrome. Pediatric Nephrology Sandokji I, Anderson LS, Warejko JK, Emerson BL, Greenberg JH. DOI: 10.1007/s00467-021-05305-3

Improving Guidance and Maternal Knowledge Retention After Well-Newborn Unit Discharge. Journal of Hospital Pediatrics Hochreiter D, Kuruvilla D, Grossman M, Silberg J, Rodriguez A, Lary L, Panosky K, Loyal J DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006307

Improving Quality and Efficiency in Pediatric Emergency Department Behavioral Health Care. Pediatric Quality and Safety DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000530 Emerson BL, Setzer E, Blake E, Siew L

Sustained Improvement in Patient Experience by Optimizing Patient Flow in Ambulatory Settings. Journal of Patient Experience Pashankar DS, Brown T, Votto P, Follo M, Formica RN, Schilsky ML, Mulligan DC, Khokhar B DOI: 10.1177/23743735221092610

2021

An Initiative to Decrease Laboratory Testing in a NICU. Pediatrics Klunk CJ, Barrett RE, Peterec SM, Blythe E, Brockett R, Kenney M, Natusch A, Thursland C, Gallagher PG, Pando R, Bizzarro MJ DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-000570

Improving Patient Experience Scores in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Quality and Safety Emerson BL, Setzer E, Bechtel K, Grossman M DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000417

Pneumonia Antibiotic Stewardship in a Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project Garcia AM, Athanasopoulou S, Emerson B.. Counc Qual Improv Patient Saf Program DOI: 10.1542/peds.147.3MA2.140

2020

A Quality Improvement Project to Improve First Case On-time Starts in the Pediatric Operating Room. Pediatric Quality and Safety Pashankar DS, Zhao AM, Bathrick R, Taylor C, Boules H, Cowles RA, Grossman M DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000305

Harnessing Technology to Reduce Hospital Onset Sepsis. Pediatric Quality and Safety Vinhais-Luysterborghs N, Brester D, Vinchesi C, Ciaburri R, Emerson B, Murray T, Panisello J, Kandil S DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000325

2019

A resident-led project to improve documentation of overweight and obesity in a primary care clinic. Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives Wang’ondu R, Vitale R, Rosenblum H, Pinto-Taylor E, Grossman M, Sharifi M, Gielissen K, Doolittle B DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2019.1681056

An Initiative to Decrease Time to Antibiotics for Patients With Fever and Neutropenia. American Journal of Medical Quality Emerson BL, Prozora S, Jacob A, Clark K, Kotrady D, Edwards L, Ciaburri R, Riera A DOI: 10.1177/1062860618792305

Decreasing Time to Antibiotics for Patients with Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Pediatric Quality and Safety Emerson BL, Ciaburri R, Brophy C, Kandil SB DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000173

Improving Care for Sickle Cell Pain Crisis Using a Multidisciplinary Approach. Pediatrics Balsamo L, Shabanova V, Carbonella J, Szondy MV, Kalbfeld K, Thomas DA, Santucci K, Grossman M, Pashankar F DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-2218

Reducing Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Catheterizations for Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Pediatric Cardiology Patel C, Grossman M, Shabanova V, Asnes J DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-2039-9

2018

An Initiative to Reduce Routine Viral Diagnostic Testing in Pediatric Patients Admitted with Bronchiolitis. Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety Emerson BL, Tenore C, Grossman M DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.05.006

Reducing Unplanned Extubations Across a Children’s Hospital Using Quality Improvement Methods. Pediatric Quality and Safety Kandil SB, Emerson BL, Hooper M, Ciaburri R, Bruno CJ, Cummins N, DeFilippo V, Blazevich B, Loth A, Grossman M DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000114

An Initiative to Improve the Quality of Care of Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Pediatrics Grossman MR, Berkwitt AK, Osborn RR, Xu Y, Esserman DA, Shapiro ED, Bizzarro MJ DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3360