Contemporary Pediatrics Newsletter

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Why do so many kids die so soon following a cancer diagnosis?

Although improvements have been made to childhood cancer mortality rates, a recent research study aims to identify how many children die before being able to start treatment, and what interventions can be put in place to improve their chances.

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Families detect errors hospital incident reports miss

Rates of medical errors yielded by solicited family reporting were 5 times higher than the rates provided by hospital incident reports and the rates of adverse events were 3 times higher, a study in 4 pediatric hospitals found. Most hospitals primarily use incident reports to conduct patient safety surveillance.

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CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS VIDEO

How one state reduced antipsychotic medications in Medicaid

For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a report published in the Health Services Research that examined how Washington state reduced the number of antipsychotic prescriptions written for children in the Medicaid system.

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