Publications

The following is an overview of the scholarship portfolio from the Center for Quality and Patient Safety.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Stone KP, Rutman L, Calhoun AW, Reid J, Maa T, Bajaj K, Auerbach MA, Cheng A, Davies L, Deutsch E, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Kessler DO, Ogrinc G, Patterson M, Thomas A, Doughty C;  And for the International Network in Simulation-Based Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE) SQUIRE-SIM Reporting Guidelines Investigators. SQUIRE-SIM (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence for SIMulation): Publication Guidelines for Simulation-Based Quality Improvement Projects. Simul Healthc. 2024 Aug 16. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000819. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39162794
  • Prochaska EC, Xiao S, Colantuoni E, Clark RH, Johnson J, Mukhopadhyay S, Kalu IC, Zerr DM, Reich PJ, Roberts J, Flannery DD, Milstone AM, CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Hospital-Onset Bacteremia Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Aug 1;178(8):792-799. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1840.PMID: 38913368
  • Lane RD, Richardson T, Scott HF, Paul RM, Balamuth F, Eisenberg MA, Riggs R, Huskins WC, Horvat CM, Keeney GE, Hueschen LA, Lockwood JM, Gunnala V, McKee BP, Patankar N, Pinto VL, Sebring AM, Sharron MP, Treseler J, Wilkes JJ, Workman JK. Delays to Antibiotics in the Emergency Department and Risk of Mortality in Children With Sepsis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2413955. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13955.
  • Chang PW, Zhou C, Bryan MA. Reducing IV Antibiotic Duration for Neonatal UTI Using a Clinical Standard Pathway. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Jun 1;14(6):403-412. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007454.
  • Radman M, McGuire J, Sharek P, Baden H, Koth A, DiGeronimo R, Migita D, Barry D, Johnson JB, Rutman L, Vora S. Changes in Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use Across ICUs After Implementation of a Standard Pathway. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 May 24. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003544. Online ahead of print.
  • Kociolek LK, Shane AL, Simonsen KA, Zerr DM. Infection Prevention and Control Implications of Special Pathogens in Children. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2024 Jun;71(3):431-454. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2024.01.014. Epub 2024 Mar
  • Payton KSE, Bennett MV, Schulman J, Benitz WE, Stellwagen L, Darmstadt GL, Quinn J, Kristensen-Cabrera AI, Breault CC, Bolaris M, Lefrak L, Merrill J, Sharek PJ. 28 NICUs participating in a quality improvement collaborative targeting early-onset sepsis antibiotic use. J Perinatol. 2024 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01885-8. Online ahead of print.
  • Brothers A, Pak DJ, Poole NM, Kronman MP, Bettinger B, Wilkes JJ, Carpenter PA, Englund JA, Weissman SJ. Individualized antibiotic plans as a quality improvement initiative to reduce carbapenem use for hematopoietic cell transplant patients at a freestanding pediatric hospital. "Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 25;78(1):15-23. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad518."
  • Buresh C, Kaplan. Opioid Use Disorder, Adolescents, and the Importance of Treatment in the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jan 1;40(1):51-55. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003104.PMID: 38157394
  • Morgan LA, Sprigg BN, Barry D, Hrachovec JB, Novotny EJ, Akiyama LF, Allar N, Matlock JK, Dervan LA. Reducing Time to EEG in Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus: a quality improvement initiative. Pediatr Neurol. 2024; 152:169-176. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.01.006.
  • Stoffel M, Leu MG, Barry D, Hrachovec J, Saifee N H, Migita D, Deam N, Villavicencio C, O'Hare P, Pagliarulo A, Delaney M. Optimizing electronic blood ordering and supporting administration workflows to improve blood utilization in the pediatric hospital setting. Transfusion. 2023;63(12):2328-2340. doi: 10.1111/trf.17587
  • Curtis S, Kilpatrick R, Billimoria ZC, Zimmerman K, Tolia V, Clark R, Greenberg RG, Puia-Dumitrescu M. Use of Dexmedetomidine and Opioids in Hospitalized Preterm Infants. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 1;6(11):e2341033. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.41033.PMID: 37921767 Free PMC article
  • Jung Y, Taroc A, Barry D, Ricci K, Saifee N. P-TS-19 | Comparison of Platelet Increment with Conventional Versus Psoralen-treated Platelets Suspended in Platelet Additive Solution or Plasma. Transfusion. 2023;63 (S5):267A-268-A. doi: 10.1111/trf.356_17554.
  • Lagerquist E, Al-Haddad B, Irvine J, Muskthel L, Rios A, Upadhyay K. Feeding volume advancement in preterm neonates: a level 4 neonatal intensive care unit quality improvement initiative. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023; 38(5):1175-1180.  doi: 10.1002/ncp.10992
  • Srinivasan AP, Sullivan E, Desai A, Adiele A, Bell S, Lion C. Disparities in Pediatric Specialty Referral Scheduling and Completion. J.Pediatr. 2023; 260 (): e113485. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113485
  • Crumm C, Brown E, Vora S, Lowry S, Schlatter A, Rutman L. The Impact of an Emergency Department Bruising Pathway on Disparities in Child Abuse Evaluation. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2023; 39(8):580-585. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002998
  • Hartford E, Rutman L, Fenstermacher S, Eaton K, Ramos J, Carlin K, Lion C. Improving and Sustaining Interpreter Use Over 5 Years in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatrics. 2023; 151 (6): e2022058579. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058579
  • Pollock AJ, Beaton W, Burgess B, Logel S, Wilson L, Ciha JE, Allen J. Diabetes in School Health (DiSH): telementoring collaboration between pediatric diabetes specialists and school nurses to improve care of children with diabetes. J Sch Nurs. doi: 10.1177/10598405231181351. Online ahead of print 2023 Jun 19.
  • Gilliam CA, Mollie Grow H, Yeboah D, Seimears TL, Rooholamini SN. Building Safe Spaces Through Race-Based Affinity Groups in Microaggressions Trainings. Acad Pediatr. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.06.005. Online ahead of print 2023 Jun 11.
  • Morgan LA, Hrachovec JB, Goodkin HP. Pediatric Status Epilepticus: Treat Early and Avoid Delays. Paediatr Drugs. 2023; (4):411-424. doi: 10.1007/s40272-023-00570-1
  • Chatterjee J, Hartford E, Law E, Barry D, Blume H. Sumatriptan as a First-Line Treatment for Headache in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Neurol. 2023; 142:68-75. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.01.016
  • Rabbani N, Pageler NM, Hoffman JM, Longhurst C, Sharek PJ. Association between Eletronic Health Record Implementations and Hospital-Acquired Conditions in Pediatric Hospitals. Appl Clin Inform. 2023; 14(3):521-527. doi: 10.1055/a-2077-4419.
  • Cockrell HC, Hrachovec J, Schnuck J, Nchinda N, Meehan J. Implementation of a Cryoablation-based Pain Management Protocol for Pectus Excavatum. Pediatr Surgery. 2023; 58(7):1239-1245. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.01.059
  • Migita D, Cooper A, Barry D, Bettinger B, Tieder A, Sharek PJ. Equity Dashboards: Data Visualizations for Assessing Inequities in a Hospital Setting.  Pediatrics. 2023; 151 (3): e2022058848. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058848
  • Stimpson M, Zerr D, Johnson S, Wood L, Bettinger B, Sharek PJ, Fryzlewicz B. Confronting CLABSI Disparities: the Role of REaL variables, Data Transparency, and Intentional Process Measurement in Achieving Equitable Outcomes. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2022; 7 () e606 doi:10.1097/pq9.0000000000000606
  • Coffey M, Marino M, Lyren A, Purcell D, Hoffman JM, Brilli R, Muething S, Hyman D, Saysana M, Sharek PJ. Association Between Hospital-Acquired Harm Outcomes and Membership in a National Patient Safety Collaborative. JAMA Pediatr. 2022; 176(9): 924-932 doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2493
  • Stockwell D, Sharek PJ. Diagnosing diagnostic errors: it’s time to evolve the patient safety research paradigm. BMJ Qual Saf.  doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014517. Epub 2022 May 4.
  • Lion C, Faro E, Coker T. All Quality Improvement is Health Equity Work: designing improvement to reduce disparities. Pediatrics. 2022; 149 (3): e2020045948E. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-045948E.
  • Hartford E, Carlin K, Rutman L, Lion C. Changes in Rates and Modality of Interpreter Use in Pediatric Emergency Department Patients in the COVID-19 Era. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022; 48(3): 129-184. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2021.11.003.
  • Burns C, Rubin J, Sardesai, T, Klein E, Vora S, Kearney R, Rutman L. Improving Care for Children with Bloody Diarrhea at Risk for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2022; 7(1): e517. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000517
  • Roberts AJ, Bao H, Qu P, Moss A, Kim G, Yi-Frazier JP, Pihoker C, Malik FS. Mental health comorbidities in adolescents and young adults with type 2 diabetes. J Pediatr Nurs. 2021; 61:280-283. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.07.028.
  • Roberts AJ, Barry D, Yi-Frazier J, Rutman L, Pihoker C, Malik FS. Screening for Mental Health Comorbidities in a Pediatric Diabetes Clinic Setting. Clin Diabetes. 2021; 39(1):97-101. doi: 10.2337/cd20-0037
  • Miller TL, Desai AD, Garrison MM, Lee D, Muir A, Lion KC. Drivers of Variation in Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: a survey of pediatric gastroenterologists. Dig Dis Sci. 2022; 67(6):2029-2038. doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-07039-6. 
  • Poole NM, Kronman MP, Rutman L, Weissman SJ, Migita RT, Caglar D, Zerr D. Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Children with Urinary Tract Infection in Emergency and Urgent Care Settings. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020; 36(6):e332-e339. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001342
  • Shubin C, Rutman L, Stanescu L, Vora S, Drugas G, Leu M, Burns R. (2019). Impact of a standardized clinical pathway for suspected and confirmed ileocolic intussusception. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2020; 5(3): e298. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000298

National Presentations

  • Hrachovec J, AkiyamaL, Allar N, Cantarano A, Monrad P, Crandall C. Video EEG equity project. American College of Surgeons QI conference - Denver – CO – July 18, 2024.
  • Toncray K. Equity and Safety: Stronger Together. Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Spring National Learning Session (NLS) - San Antonio, TX May 24,2024.
  • Rutman L. Association between Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Sepsis Recognition and Treatment in a Large Quality Improvement Collaborative. Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) - Toronto Canada. May 05, 2024
  • Ong T. An Improvement Project Integrating Machine Learning for an Equity-Focused Reduction of Mission Appointments in Pediatric Pulmonary Clinics. Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) - Toronto Canada. May 04, 2024
  • McDaniel L. Improving Hospitalized Patient Sleep by Minimizing Unnecessary Overnight Vital Sign Measurements. Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) - Toronto Canada. May 04, 2024
  • Wilkes J. Improvement in Sepsis-Attributable Mortality in the Hematology/Oncology unit with Implementation of Sepsis Bundled Care: report from the children’s hospital association (CHA) improving pediatric sepsis outcomes (IPSO) collaborative. Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) - Toronto Canada. May 04.2024.
  • Wilkes J. Improvement in Sepsis-Attributable Mortality in the Hematology/Oncology unit with Implementation of Sepsis Bundled Care: report from the children’s hospital association (CHA) improving pediatric sepsis outcomes (IPSO) collaborative. APA's 13th Annual Quality Improvement Research Conference - Toronto Canada May 03.2024.
  • McDaniel L. Improving Hospitalized Patient Sleep by Minimizing Unnecessary Overnight Vital Sign Measurements. APA's 13th Annual Quality Improvement Research Conference - Toronto Canada. May 03,2024.
  • Rutman L. Writing and Publishing Quality Improvement: Practice, Pitfalls, and Perspectives (from Journal Editors!). Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) - Toronto Canada. May 04, 2024
  • Denny E. Enhancing Patient Safety in Dialysis through Advanced Electronic Water Quality Monitoring. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) - Toronto Canada. May 03,2024.
  • Buresh C. Enhancing Screening and Treatment for OUD in the Peds ED. PAS 2024 Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) Toronto, Canada. May 03, 2024.
  • Lion C. Health Equity and QI: Data-Driven Strategies. APA's 13th Annual Quality Improvement Research Conference - Toronto Canada May 03.2024.
  • Desai A. You Can't Fix by Analysis What You've Spoiled by Design: Designing Surveys for QI Research. APA's 13th Annual Quality Improvement Research Conference - Toronto Canada May 03.2024.
  • Dougall W., Franz A. The Case for Induction Rooms: Improving Efficiency in the Seattle Children’s Hospital Operating Rooms. SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2024 - Anaheim CA. April 12,2024.
  • Sharek P. From Data Integrity to Results: The Journey Toward Eliminating Healthcare Disparities. Children’s Hospital Association. Quality and Safety Leaders National Forum - (combined with PHIS and EDI leaders forums). Chicago, IL. March 11, 2024.
  • Gupta M, Mohsenian Y, Roberts A, Malik F. Using quality improvement to reduce loss-to-follow-up in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. T1DX-QI learning session, Journal of Diabetes Abstracts. Nov 14-15, 2023.
  • Saifee N. Comparison of Platelet Increment with Conventional Versus Psoralen-treated Platelets Suspended in Platelet Additive Solution or Plasma. AABB annual meeting Nashville, Tenn. October 2023
  • Rutman L, Migita R, Hartford E, Barry D, Yongtian T. Croup is Still Croup in the COVID Era: Opportunity to Decrease Admissions from the Pediatric Emergency Department. 2023 AAP National Conference & Exhibition. October 20-24, 2023.
  • McGrath C, Zerr D, Kronman M, Mirisola T, D'Alo A, Ferreira T, Tieder A, Stratton A. Screening Infection Prevention Policies for Equity Impact. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Spring 2023 Conference. Seattle, WA.
  • Sharek PJ. The critical importance of establishing a culture of safety. Children’s National Medical Center. Washington DC.  October 2022 
  • Sharek PJ. In House Training for Quality improvement Tools and Methodologies. Shared high level results from the in-house QI training survey conducted in the spring; Provided examples of how Seattle Children’s in-house QI curriculums was established; Shared an overview of the curriculum content; and set the stage for further conversations at the September 19-20, Quality Leaders meeting in Phoenix AZ. Children’s Hospital Association. Webinar, June 16, 2022 
  • Vo H, Hajikedir D, Burgara J, Nguyen T, Ford C, Desai A. Responsiveness and Convergent Validity of a Novel Health-Related Quality of Life Measure in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers. 2023 PAS Meeting in Washington, DC. April-May 2023.
  • Nguyen E, Burgara J, Hajikedir D, Nguyen T, Wingfield E, Desai A. Designing an Inclusive Demographic Survey for Pediatric Clinical Care and Research. 2023 PAS Meeting in Washington, DC. April-May 2023.
  • Kirk CJ, Davis AE, Yu H, Merrill K, Riker M, Jackson E, Yung D. From Silos to Synergy: Collaboration Decreases Errors in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Patients. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Congress / National Harbor, MD. May 2023.
  • Ohlsen T. Antimicrobial locks for CLABSI prevention in the inpatient setting: a cost-effectiveness analysis. ASPHO meeting in Fort Worth, TX. May 2023.
  • Anca B. Noise Exposure of Facilities Services Personnel in a Large Urban Hospital. American Industrial Hygiene Convention and Expo, Phoenix, AZ. May 2023.
  • Goldin A. Surgical and Procedural Quality and Safety Core Measures Dashboard: A foundation for transparency and accountability. ACS quality and safety conference. July 2023.
  • Toncray C. Implementing a standard reporting tool for institution-wide learning and improvement from Morbidity and Mortality conferences. ACS quality and safety conference. July 2023