Enhancing Safe Sleep Counseling by Pediatricians through a Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative.

Background: Approximately, 3,500 infants die annually from sleep-related infant deaths in the United States. We sought to improve pediatricians' counseling on safe sleep from birth through 6 months of age through a virtual quality improvement learning collaborative (QILC). Our aim was appropriate screening, counseling, and documentation of safe sleep advice in 75% of eligible patient encounters after the QILC.

Before the Flood: Impact of Coordination of Care and Direct Admissions on Emergency Department Volumes.

Background: Transfers of pediatric patients occur to access specialty and subspecialty care, but incur risk, and consume resources. Direct admissions to medical and surgical wards may improve patient experience and mitigate resource utilization.

Objective: We sought to identify common elements for direct admissions, as well as the pattern of disposition for patients referred to our emergency department (ED).