Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2025
Between 2008 and 2022, U.S. hospitals closed nearly one-third of pediatric inpatient units, but the demand for pediatric care has continued to rise.
Becker’s connected with two of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals to discover what tools they use to improve pediatric care that any hospital could adopt.
Caring Contacts
Omaha-based Nebraska Children’s has a low-tech, low-cost, low-time-commitment program called Caring Contacts that has reduced suicide rates among its child and adolescent patients in a mental health crisis. .
It all starts in the emergency department where every child is screened for depression and suicide ideation, regardless of why they are in the ED. In 2024, the department screened 42,000 kids and found 19% of those had a mental health...
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