Partnering with Families
How Cincinnati Children's Involves Patients and Families in Improvement of Care and Services
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center partners with families to help continuously improve the quality of care and services we provide. Care is best when families are actively involved, and so is health care improvement. That is why Cincinnati Children's includes families as members on our improvement teams.
This holistic approach allows us to take a close look at where care is delivered and improvement is needed, ensuring that all aspects of a child's care are more patient and parent friendly:
- Inpatient care
- Outpatient care
- Emergency care
- Perioperative care
- Home health care
Improvement Projects
Here are just some of the improvements being worked on through our partnership with families:
- Easier access to care with the doctor / specialties you want to see
- Improved patient safety hospital-wide
- Reduced wait times to see a doctor at Cincinnati Children's
- Faster discharge once the family and health care team agree the child is ready to go home from the hospital
- Improved range of motion in patients diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Use of evidence-based care guidelines for ADHD in pediatric practices
- Reduced number of asthma-related ED / urgent care visits and admissions
- Increase the percentage of asthma patients receiving perfect care, both in and out of Cincinnati Children's
