Podcasts by Childrens on Quality
When your child needs a hospital, everything matters.
Further podcasts by Dr. Rick McClead
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Through S.C.O.P.E. Collaborative, Nationwide Children’s is Reducing Infection Rates and Hospitalization Among Dialysis Patients from 2013-11-18T16:35:46
Listen in as Dr. Hiren Patel discusses end stage renal disease, more commonly referred to as severe kidney failure. When a person’s kidneys function properly, they remove waste from the body. In ki...
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Treat Me With Respect from 2013-07-16T18:24:23
Our patients have told us that they want three things from us, and in this order: Don’t hurt me, heal me and be nice to me. Every one of these is important, and in this podcast we are discussing th...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Remission Rates Improving through ImproveCareNow Network from 2013-06-24T19:45:18
More than 1.4 million Americans suffer from irritable bowel disease (IBD). Of these, 25 percent are children. There are two main types of IBD that people typically think about: Crohn's Disease and ...
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Prescription Medicine Disposal from 2013-05-04T14:53:21
Are you aware that some of the most dangerous substances to children and adolescents may be sitting in your medicine cabinet? Every year, children mistakenly ingest prescription medications that ar...
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Explaining the Country’s Infant Mortality Rate – Part 2 from 2013-03-05T18:14:40
Infant mortality rates among the African American population are higher than those of the Caucasian population in this country. Part two of this infant mortality podcast addresses some theories tha...
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Explaining the Country’s Infant Mortality Rate – Part 1 from 2012-08-27T14:47:56
The measurement of infant mortality says a lot about a country, especially its quality and accessibility of good public health. Even in some of the wealthiest countries in the world, though – such ...
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Pediatric Asthma from 2012-07-03T19:05:08
Pediatric asthma is a big problem in this country. Did you know that each year, 10 million school days are missed due to asthma? And, over half a million kids visit an emergency department each yea...
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PediaCast MashUp from 2012-03-21T17:35:55
Here at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, we try to get useful information out to the community through as many channels as possible. If you’re reading this, you are obviously familiar with Children’...
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Surgical Hypothermia from 2012-03-07T22:20:45
Hypothermia might not even cross your mind when you think about having surgery. But it’s actually not unheard of in hospital operating rooms across the country – among children and adults. When a p...
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Button Batteries from 2012-02-13T15:48:37
Do you know what a button battery is? With the increasing production of electronic products in the consumer market, more button batteries are found in the home setting. From remote controls and wat...
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Hand Hygiene at Nationwide Children’s Hospital from 2011-06-06T14:59:07
In the United States, an estimated 5 percent of patients develop an infection while hospitalized. That is nearly 2 million people infected each year. Although hand washing has long been regarded as...
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Pastoral Care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital from 2011-05-05T15:03:14
For children and their families, a stay in the hospital can be a very stressful time. Pain, worry and fear of the unknown are often made harder by being away from family and friends. The Pastoral C...
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Effects of mother’s addiction on infants: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome from 2011-04-01T14:49:15
When a pregnant woman uses addictive drugs (illicit or certain prescription drugs), she puts her baby at risk for a number of problems. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a term for a group of p...
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Reducing the Frequency of Pediatric Pressure Ulcers from 2011-03-01T15:31:18
A 2002 article regarding the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in children reported from survey data that the incidence of pressure ulcers in children was less than 0.3 percent. In 2011, ...
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Hospital-Acquired Infections from 2011-02-03T15:42
There used to be a time when a certain amount of hospital-acquired infections were expected and accepted in the healthcare industry. Now, Nationwide Children’s Hospital is taking proactive measures...
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Electronic Medical Records (EMR) – Part 2 from 2011-01-14T16:14:51
Our discussion of the electronic medical record continues as we address its advantages and disadvantages. One advantage: Electronic Medical Records increase the accessibility of a patient’s record;...
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Electronic Medical Records (EMR) – Part 1 from 2010-12-27T21:25:34
In a time where speed and accessibility are ever-growing priorities for businesses, it’s hard to believe that the healthcare industry has only recently made use of the electronic medical record (EM...
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Collaboration, Community Keys to Keep Me Well Program from 2010-11-11T15:30:37
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is taking responsibility for its special health care needs population. How? By utilizing our extensive network, partnerships and resources to provide treatment and pr...
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Keep Me Well from 2010-10-26T15:16:23
In their August 25, 2010 commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, Howard Koh, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, and Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services describe th...
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Children’s on Quality from 2010-08-20T15:36:33
There has been an explosion in new technologies that are available at our fingertips. How can these tools help us care for patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital? And how can healthcare provid...
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