Children's Hospitals Today

Children's Hospitals Today

CHA's award-winning publication features articles on topics such as hospital operations, leadership strategies, behavioral and mental health, and quality initiatives.

Where Community Health Takes Root: A Garden that Nourishes Kids and Connections

A hospital’s garden is a living example of how health and community are deeply intertwined.

June 10, 2025

Improving Operating Room Utilization in Children's Hospitals

Find out how a cross-departmental initiative led to more ENT surgeries and increased overall operating room utilization at one children’s hospital.

July 03, 2025

A New Method for Preventing Patient Harm

An innovative approach to preventing safety events leads to dramatically improved outcomes at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

July 03, 2025

Crushing CLABSIs With Communication

By reimagining a daily team tool, three medical-surgical units went two years without a CLABSI.

July 03, 2025

Supporting Infant Mental Health From Day One

A children’s hospital provides mental health services for babies and toddlers during one of the most formative periods of their lives.

July 02, 2025

A Replicable Model for Integrating Behavioral Health

How to turn a fragmented effort into a standardized system across more than a dozen primary care clinics.

July 02, 2025

Uncovering Patient Safety Trends with AI

ChatGPT helps Stanford Medicine Children’s Health identify key safety risks in less time and with greater accuracy.

June 26, 2025

Improving Pediatric Emergency Care at Rural Hospitals

Primary Children’s Hospital is preparing rural hospitals across five states to care for critically ill kids.

June 17, 2025

From ‘Not Cool’ to Crucial: Helping Kids Understand Booster Seat Safety

Children’s hospital staff demonstrate passenger safety tips at community events.

June 12, 2025

Investing in What Works: A Collaborative Model for Community Benefit

How a children’s hospital invests 100% of grantmaking dollars directly to local partnerships as part of its community benefit work.

June 10, 2025