2024
Changing patterns of routine laboratory testing over time at children's hospitals
Tchou M, Hall M, Markham J, Stephens J, Steiner M, McCoy E, Aronson P, Shah S, Molloy M, Cotter J. Changing patterns of routine laboratory testing over time at children's hospitals. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2024, 19: 671-679. PMID: 38643414, PMCID: PMC11296890, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTesting ratesChildren's hospitalED revisitsLength of stayRetrospective cohort study of children aged 0Study of children aged 0Annual testing ratesLaboratory testing ratesPediatric Health Information System databaseHealth Information System databaseChildren aged 0Case mix indexInformation System databaseResource utilization trendsRetrospective cohort studyAged 0Group hospitalsPatient daysReadmission ratesPatient outcomesSeparate hospitalsHospitalSystem databaseUtilization trendsMulti-centerPhlebotomy‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes
Collins M, Hall M, Shah S, Molloy M, Aronson P, Cotter J, Steiner M, McCoy E, Tchou M, Stephens J, Markham J. Phlebotomy‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2024, 19: 251-258. PMID: 38348499, PMCID: PMC11155307, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare of hospitalized childrenHospital quality measuresCross-sectional study of childrenPatient Refined Diagnosis Related GroupsPediatric Health Information System databaseHealth Information System databaseCross-sectional studyClinical outcomesDiagnosis Related GroupsInformation System databaseInterhospital transferIn-hospital mortalityMedical complexityStudy of childrenLaboratory blood testsTotal hospital LOSAssociated with outcomeAdjustment outcomesBlood testsOsteoarticular infectionsHospitalSystem databaseHospital LOSQuality measuresRelated groups
2023
Variation in stool testing for children with acute gastrointestinal infections
Markham J, Hall M, Collins M, Shah S, Molloy M, Aronson P, Cotter J, Steiner M, McCoy E, Tchou M, Stephens J. Variation in stool testing for children with acute gastrointestinal infections. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2023, 18: 473-482. PMID: 36988413, PMCID: PMC11340271, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute gastrointestinal infectionsStool testingLength of stayGastrointestinal infectionsHospitalized childrenTesting ratesUtilization outcomesPediatric Health Information System databaseHealth Information System databaseOverall testing rateCross-sectional studyStool studiesDiagnostic stewardshipAcute careChildren's HospitalInformation System databaseMAIN OUTCOMEHospitalInfectionIndividual hospitalsOutcomesSignificant differencesChildrenSystem databaseTesting group