Using rising tides to lift all boats: Equity-focused quality improvement as a tool to reduce neonatal health disparities.

Evidence of health disparities affecting newborns abounds. Although quality improvement (QI) methodology is often suggested as a tool to advance health equity, the impact of QI initiatives on disparities is variable. QI work may mitigate, worsen, or perpetuate existing disparities.

Development and Implementation of a Bedside Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Service in a PICU.

Objectives: To create a bedside peripherally inserted central catheter service to increase placement of bedside peripherally inserted central catheter in PICU patients.

Design: Two-phase observational, pre-post design.

Setting: Single-center quaternary noncardiac PICU.