A Novel Approach to Well-Child Visits for Latino Children under Two Years of Age.

Latinos are the fastest-growing ethnic minority group in the U.S. We propose a culturally-relevant group well-child care model for Latino families with children under two, implemented in an urban academic center with Medicaid-insured patients.

Improving Documentation Timeliness: A "Brighter Future" for the Electronic Medical Record in Resident Clinics.

Problem: Electronic medical records have many observed benefits but may cause work disruption, resulting in delayed documentation completion. The purpose of this project was to improve compliance with institutional standards of documentation of well child checks for residents and attendings without increasing stress.

Approach: This project was completed at Children's Hospital Primary Care Clinic at Vanderbilt, which is staffed by 74 residents, supervised by 17 attendings.

Strategies to identify and stratify children with special health care needs in outpatient general pediatrics settings.

Developing improved systems of care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) requires accurate identification and stratification of this population. This study was designed to assess the ability of a brief screener to identify and stratify CSHCN in a primary care clinic to focus future quality improvement initiatives and allocate resources. All families presenting for health maintenance visits or acute care appointments at an academic primary care clinic between September 5, 2012 and September 28, 2012 were asked to complete the CSHCN Screener(©).