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    June 9, 2020 | Elizabeth Valente

    Physicians Explain Why It’s Safe to Take Kids to Their Wellness Checks During the Pandemic

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    January 12, 2018 | Kasia Grobelny, Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    Lane Donnelly, MD, named chief quality officer

    Dr. Donnelly will focus on continuously improving care quality and patient safety as well as consistently striving to help enhance outcomes.

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    August 2, 2016 | Kelly Frank, Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    Training for safer patient transport

    “We see tremendous value in using simulation training to enhance our skills and improve patient safety during critical care transports.” Andrew Palmquist, RN Patient Care Manager for Medical Transport.

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    July 21, 2016 | Stanford Medicine Children's Health

    Enjoy your Pokemon Go, but be aware of patient safety and privacy

    It seems like much of the Bay Area and the world is enjoying Pokemon Go. Playing this game in a hospital environment can create challenging issues and safety concerns for hospital patients and staff.

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    July 19, 2016 | Erin Digitale

    Reducing alarm fatigue: Packard Children’s researchers apply big data to a big problem

    Alarm fatigue is a big problem in hospitals, where automated monitors that track patients’ vital signs sound their alarms frequently, but the vast majority of alarms don’t indicate true crises. All the false alarms desensitize doctors and nurses to the beeping and can slow their responses to real emergencies.

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    November 5, 2014 | Colin Winnette, Angie Lucia

    Stanford Medicine Children’s Health develops innovative process for safely transporting patients during an emergency or crisis event

    In case of an emergency or crisis, we’ve developed an innovative electronic medical records tool to make patient transfers as safe as possible.

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    March 4, 2014 | Erin Digitale

    Automated checklists increase safety and lower costs

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    Partnership with HP Improves Patient Care

    A partnership between HP and Packard Children’s led to a revolutionary patient-centered digital dashboard that improves care for critically ill patients.

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