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FEATURE / QUALITY
Medicine-is foundational and generally
assumed as a given by patient
families. While it's critical no ground
is lost in efforts here, the drive to zero
harm can siphon focus away from
other domains. Future quality efforts
will rely upon a more balanced portfolio
to drive improvement. " We have
an obligation to work with families
and children to identify the outcomes
that matter to them, measure how
we're doing on those outcomes and
share that information with families, "
says Ron Keren, M.D., M.P.H., chief
medical officer, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. " This will prioritize our
improvement work, which will move
the needle on those outcomes. "
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2. Partnerships
" The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed
gaps in our public health infrastructure, "
Keren says. " These gaps have
been felt most prominently in communities
of color and economic deprivation. "
Among them: lack of surveillance
systems, personnel for contact
tracing, inadequate data collection and
sharing, fragmented and slow public
health guidance and an initially challenged
vaccine distribution system.
Compounding
those
factors, Keren
says, was a lack of pre-pandemic public
health efforts in communities, contributing
to higher rates of obesity, hypertension
and cardiac disease-leading
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to increased risk of death or serious
illness due to COVID-19. Forging or
solidifying these partnerships can
improve outcomes for children while
providing hospitals with important
learning opportunities. " Our communities
are filled with experts who know
patients and families in ways that we
do not, " says Lee Beers, M.D., president,
American Academy of Pediatrics and
medical director of community health
and advocacy, Children's National
Hospital in Washington D.C. " Their expertise
is invaluable. "
3. Behavioral health
The country was experiencing a steady

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