Sara Martin

TL;DR: Although LOS remained high, a standardized discharge process for chronically ventilated children by an interdisciplinary Ventilator Care Program team resulted in decreased LOS and costs without a negative impact on patient safety.

TL;DR: A multimodal discharge preparedness curriculum, incorporating high‐fidelity simulation training, to prepare family caregivers of children with complex medical conditions requiring long‐term mechanical ventilation and observed a trend toward reduced readmissions within 7 days of discharge since implementation of this revised curriculum.

TL;DR: Instutions that participated in the collaborative had lower rates of discharge-related care failures and improved family readiness for discharge, and more studies are needed to evaluate which interventions are most effective and to assess feasibility in non–children’s hospital settings.

TL;DR: The development of a discharge readiness report for the electronic health record (EHR) is described, an integrated summary of discharge-related information organized into a highly visible and easily accessible report.

TL;DR: Automation of PewS calculation improved accuracy without sacrificing predictive ability and non-inferiority of AutoPEWS compared with the manual PEWS was demonstrated for all deterioration outcomes.