Antibiotics Get to Septic Kids Quicker with Protocols
Having sepsis guidelines in place can speed time to antibiotic administration in children, researchers found. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Dr. Scott Weiss, MD and CBMi's Dr. Robert Grundmeier's poster presentation, "Surviving sepsis in the hospital: Location, location, location", presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM 2013) conference in San Juan, PR is featured in MedPage Today article.
CBMi Creates Shared Decision Making Portal
CBMi's Dr. Robert Grundmeier and lead Human Computer Interaction Specialist Dean Karavite collaborated with CHOP's Dr. Alexander Fiks on the creation of the Shared Decision Making Portal for Pediatric Chronic Illness. Drs. Fiks and Grundmeier’s portal is a modification of MyChart that greatly expands MyChart’s capabilities. While the pilot version of the portal is focused solely on asthma, Dr. Fiks and his team hope to eventually introduce versions geared toward other diseases, such as ADHD.
CBMi coordinates data analysis for ePROS project - EHRs centerpiece of studies on hypertension, medication use in children
Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), the Academy's practice-based research network, has received federal funding for a five-year $5million project to do pharmacoepidemiological studies using electronic health records (EHRs) from approximately 800,000 children across the country.
