About the Event
In this installment of Pediatric Grand Rounds, Jessica Hart, M.D., MHQS, presents “The Comeback Kid: Learning from the Return.” Hart is the associate director for Penn Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety and an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She also serves as the associate chair of quality improvement and patient safety for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Email Pam Knight for the Zoom link.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, the audience participant should be able to:
- Explain why pediatric readmissions are an imperfect measure of quality yet remain a valuable signal for system learning.
- Use Safety-II principles to reframe readmissions as opportunities to study system performance and adaptation.
- Identify practical strategies to leverage readmissions for quality improvement in transitions of care.
Target Audience
- Primary: Pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, family medicine physicians, pediatric residents
- Secondary: Nursing and hospital Staff
Attributes/Competencies
This activity has been designed to promote some of the following desired physician attributes and competencies:
- ACGME: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Interpersonal and Communications Skills. Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
- IOM: Provide Patient-centered Care, Work in Interdisciplinary Teams, Employ Evidence-based Practice, Apply Quality Improvement, Utilize Informatics
- IECC: Interprofessional Teamwork & Team-based Practice
Disclosures
The speakers and planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The CME Advisory Committee, reviewers of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School designates this live course for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.