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.

2024

Implementation of a health system intervention to reduce time from presentation to surgical intervention for pediatric testicular torsion. Journal of Pediatric Urology

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Improving Quality and Efficiency in Pediatric Emergency Department Behavioral Health Care. Pediatric Quality and Safety

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

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

Improving Patient Experience Scores in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Quality and Safety

Emerson BL, Setzer E, Bechtel K, Grossman M

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

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

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

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

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

Decreasing Time to Antibiotics for Patients with Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Pediatric Quality and Safety

Emerson BL, Ciaburri R, Brophy C, Kandil SB

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

Reducing Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Catheterizations for Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Pediatric Cardiology

Patel C, Grossman M, Shabanova V, Asnes J

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

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

2017

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