Children's Hospitals Today: Top 10 Articles of 2024

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This year's most popular articles highlight how pediatric leaders work together to solve the toughest challenges facing children, families, health systems, and the communities they serve.

By Children's Hospital Association | Published Dec. 13, 2024 |

Children's Hospital Association's digital publication, Children's Hospitals Today, regularly publishes articles featuring member hospitals’ success stories and strategies to provide insights and ideas to improve performance and patient care. Here’s a look at our readers’ favorites from this year.

Nurse talks with patient and parent.

The Secret Sauce to Increasing Satisfaction Scores

A children’s hospital achieved dramatic gains in patient-family satisfaction scores by letting frontline staff members drive the solution.
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A Simple Process to Reduce the Need for Physical Restraints

A five-minute process led to a 67% reduction in the use of restraints for behavioral health patients in the emergency department.
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Child patient and doctor high five.

Strategies for Six Issues Facing Children's Hospitals

These topics are trending as hospitals seek to improve care and operations.
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Nurse looking at schedule on desktop computer.

Retention Strategies: How Two Hospitals Are Adapting to Today’s Workforce

Flexible scheduling and career models have improved retention at these children’s hospitals.
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Group of happy children running down school walkway.

10 Effective Ways to Engage With Schools

Children’s hospitals have expanded their partnerships with schools to support student health and academic success.
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Doctor enters prompt into laptop.

The Newest Role in Children's Hospitals

A children's hospital created a new position charged with developing and managing its artificial intelligence technology.
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Baby in the NICU.

Bringing a Critical Heart Procedure to the Bedside

A special protocol allows clinicians to bring a critical transcatheter device to the most fragile babies.
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Happy child patient and nurse laughing.

5 Programs to Improve Employee Retention

These workforce initiatives have proven effective at reducing staff turnover at children's hospitals.
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Smiling boy patient with curly hair in hospital bed.

Inclusive Hair Care Options: Sourcing Products for Inpatients

An Illinois children’s hospital’s journey to create hospital-grade products for curly hair.
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Doctor looking at scans and code on a computer.

Improving Pediatric Heart Transplantation With Artificial Intelligence

An open-source machine learning technique could reduce waitlist mortality rates and unused donor organs.
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