Children’s Hospital Association

Gun violence is a public health crisis and we must act now. Today, during Northwell Health's 5th Annual #PreventGunViolence forum, CHA announced our endorsement and investment into a new 5-year public awareness campaign for gun violence prevention led by the Ad Council and a coalition of hospitals and health systems scheduled to launch in January 2025. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5sGmftG

Happy Pediatric Nurses Week!! From holding tiny hands to providing expert care, pediatric nurses are there every step of the way. Not only do they provide specialized care, but they also bring comfort, hope, and joy to the children and families they serve. This week, join us in sharing gratitude for these special health care heroes. 💖 This photo submitted to our Photo Collection features Amy and Courtney. 23 years ago, Amy took care of Courtney when she was in the NICU. Today, they're working together in the NICU at John R. Oishei Children's Hospital.

ICYMI: Last week, CHA's Quality Committee met to discuss the current challenges and opportunities in pediatric health care for children's hospitals and health systems. Check out this post from Children's Mercy Kansas City's, President and CEO, Paul Kempinski, to know what issues were discussed. ⤵ To learn more about CHA's work in Quality: https://lnkd.in/eSxf59gc

Children’s Hospital Association is hiring for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join the growing IT department in our Lenexa, KS office. This position will assist in migrating our most critical applications and services from an on-premises data center into Azure. Our mission to improve children’s health and well-being drives our success, and we are looking for someone who shares our passion for serving with a purpose. If you are someone who… 🔹 Has experience with a major cloud platform 🔹 Has experience coding within Terraform 🔹 Is an inquisitive thinker 🔹 Thrives in a team-based setting Then we want to hear from you! #Hiring #JobAlert #CloudEngineer To review the full job description and apply: https://lnkd.in/egY6Ki38

Yonca Bulut, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, UCLA Health's Mattel Children's Hospital, was packing to go visit her parents in her hometown, Ankara, Türkiye (formerly called Turkey), when a series of earthquakes in 2023 devastated the country. More than 50,000 people died, and 13 million were affected. "As I urgently talked to my network of intensivists and others at ground zero, I realized there would be a gap in the care for the children who needed amputations. They would require care for more than just a month or two, and it would need to be comprehensive — they lost not only their limbs but also their homes and their families," said Dr. Bulut. This led to a multinational initiative to help children who lost limbs that provides physical therapy, counseling, educational scholarships, and research. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5iiPSFQ

Medical devices engineered for children’s size, growth, body chemistry, and disease propensity rarely leave the laboratory. “If you look at publicly available data, there’s been really robust growth in FDA approvals of devices for adults with chronic diseases,” said James Wall, MD, a pediatric surgeon at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. “Fewer than five pediatric devices are approved by the FDA annually that are designed and tested for the unique needs of children. That’s been steady, and it hasn’t grown,” Wall said. A federal effort by the FDA to provide grant funds to pediatric device consortia seeks to change that trend. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ee3AMv4f

Ascension's Dell Children's Hospital has provided life-saving treatment and care to two of the Coulter family’s children. When Madelyn was 7-years-old, she spent a week in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) battling Kawasaki disease, an illness that causes inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body. Dell’s Children’s successfully diagnosis and treated Madelyn, and she made a full recovery. A year later, the Coulter’s made a life-or-death decision to rush her younger brother Owen to Dell Children's, where he received an hour of CPR and was placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, that ultimately saved his life. Owen was later diagnosed with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, and treated. While both conditions come with significant uncertainties, the Coulters are focused on living life to the fullest and deeply grateful for the exceptional care and support their family received at Dell Children’s. #TeamCHA Watch their full interview on #WorldHeartDay: https://lnkd.in/eqYcb-pb

CHA was thrilled to co-host this week's convening for practitioners on, "Nutrition Security, MyPlate and Children's Health: A convening for practitioners," with USDA and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago featuring experts from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Arkansas Children's, Children's Hospital Colorado, and Nemours. A few highlights: - Caree Cotwright, PhD, RDN, from the USDA, opened this morning's session by sharing a personal story. Last year, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta provided life-saving care to daughter after an infection turned serious and was inpatient for two weeks. Dr. Cotwright said, "It's not just about putting the food on the plate, but it's making sure it is optimal and healthy food." The USDA's MyPlate program is an educational resource that teaches how to fill your plate with healthy food. Learn more: https://myplate.gov - DYK: If each person eats 3 meals a day, it adds up to 1,198 meals this year alone. - Angel Brown-Humprey, MBA, owner, Touched by Angel. - Thao-Ly Pham, MD, Medical Director, Nemours, Health Weight and Wellness Clinic said, "Our families love cooking videos. So, it's education and counseling that's individualized. Every family is different, and you can't just give out one prescription [to everyone]." - Eve Kutchman, M.Ed., Children's Hospital Colorado, highlighted their Food is Medicine Program: Community Garden, Healthy Roots Community, and the Food Clinic. They also have education programming - nutrition, access issues, how to prepare healthy food, and providing connections to give personalized approach. - Stephanie Folkens, MBA, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, highlighted a few nutritional programs: food pantry referrals, Vibrant Kids, an education program for patients experiencing diabetes, and Stronger Together, a partnership with early childhood centers to encourage families to cook together. Folkens said, "We don't have produce prescriptions, but we have home delivery and medically tailored meals we're piloting. It's more about addressing the social/psychological stress that comes with a diagnosis." - "As part of the community needs assessment, our community told us that food is important & our kids don't have it." So, we took a partnership approach: who is doing great work already, & how can we partner to service our community?" - Marisha DiCarlo, PhD, MPH, Arkansas Children's. Thank you to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and USDA for co-hosting this important discussion with us and to our children's hospitals for participating and highlighting your efforts to address Nutrition Security and Children's Health!

EMS and ED providers: Time is of the essence when treating children with multisystem trauma. EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center just launched, the Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kit (PEAK): Multisystem Trauma, with new free resources including podcasts, pediatric imaging guidelines, and more, to help you navigate these complex cases. #PEAKTrauma Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dq9Ei5MC

At age 7, Emersyn faced the tough challenge of medulloblastoma, undergoing two craniotomies, radiation, and chemotherapy at Children's Nebraska. From day one, her family felt the unwavering support of the hospital's staff and doctors, who made sure she received the best possible care. Today, Emersyn is cancer-free and back to enjoying life as a kid should. #TeamCHA #ChildhoodCancerAwareness Watch her full interview: https://lnkd.in/em_cQm6A