Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Project Increases Vitamin D Supplementation in Infants.

Background: American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines recommend 400 IU of vitamin D supplementation daily for certain infants <1 year of age. We aimed to increase the proportion of reported appropriate vitamin D supplementation for infants born at our institution and those who followed up in our resident clinic through 6 months from 49% to 80% over 24 months.

Methods: Our interdisciplinary quality improvement effort included vitamin D medication delivery before nursery discharge and family and staff education.

Pediatric Patient-Centered Transitions From Hospital to Home: Improving the Discharge Medication Process.

Objectives: Medications prescribed at hospital discharge can lead to patient harm if there are access barriers or misunderstanding of instructions. Filling prescriptions before discharge can decrease these risks. We aimed to increase the percentage of patients leaving the hospital with new discharge medications in hand to 70% by 18 months.