Quality Improvement

Kelly Kelleher, MD, director of the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, shares the vision for developing meaningful measurements for child health outcomes.

Discovery of honey's protective effects results in new National Capital Poison Center guidelines.

A QI project shows that it is feasible, and possibly beneficial, to routinely administer HPV vaccine at age 9.

Targeted interventions result in improved feeding efficiency and growth in infants with cleft lip and/or palate.

Stewards thread together monitoring programs and new protocols while trimming unwarranted tests and diagnostic speed.

Refined procedures, tools and support promote this proven alternative to steroids.