Children's Hospital

This research will evaluate the effectiveness of Bedside Notes, a digital health solution designed to provide caregivers with real-time access to clinical notes during their child’s hospitalization, with the goal of improving caregiver engagement in identifying and reporting safety concerns to reduce medical errors.

The study will develop and implement a validated machine learning model to optimize voiding cystourethrogram timing and use for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children, aiming to reduce the significant health and economic impacts of VUR and recurrent febrile urinary tract infections (fUTIs) by standardizing practices, minimizing unnecessary procedures, and ensuring timely diagnosis for those at highest risk, ultimately seeking to prevent renal injury from fUTIs.

The study will develop, validate, implement, and assess the usability of a machine learning based clinical decision support tool designed to reduce laboratory testing overutilization in pediatric intensive care unit patients.

This study aims to optimize the use of donor hearts for infants and children awaiting heart transplantation by developing predictive models to assess in real-time the potential for transplant success and to evaluate risk. Researchers plan to display these data through intuitive visualizations on a custom-built interface to reduce clinicians’ cognitive burden, enhance decision making confidence, and help ensure the best donor match for pediatric patients.

This study explored the use of and experiences with sharing inpatient notes during pediatric oncology hospitalization between parents and clinicians, with findings suggesting its potential to positively impact parent engagement and understanding in pediatric inpatient care and providing an opportunity to identify potential patient safety issues.