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QI Science

The EIIC is focused on improving outcomes for children in emergency situations by using improvement science as the basis for our efforts to address known gaps in the US healthcare system. Our aim is to …

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Prehospital Quality Improvement

The EIIC is focused on improving outcomes for children in emergency situations by using improvement …

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Well Being Trust - A Mother's Perspective: New Guide Gives Families Info to Become More Informed about Mental Health Care Coverage Video

From Well Being Trust and a mother with lived experience, Carmen Bombeke, released a guide that will help parents navigate the difficult terrain of mental health insurance coverage.

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From Well Being Trust and a mother with lived experience, Carmen Bombeke, released a guide …

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AAP Mental Health Advocacy: A Conversation with AAP President Lee Beers, MD, FAAP, Podcast

AAP President Dr. Lee Beers discusses how to advocate for improved mental health services for children.

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AAP President Dr. Lee Beers discusses how to advocate for improved mental health services for …

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NPR How A Hospital And A School District Teamed Up To Help Kids In Emotional Crisis Podcast

NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee and Christine Herman highlight a partnership between Cohen's Children's Hospital and local school districts to better connect students in emotional crisis to mental health care.

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NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee and Christine Herman highlight a partnership between Cohen's Children's Hospital and local …

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HRSA Critical Crossroads: Pediatric Mental Health Care in the Emergency Department Toolkit

Critical Crossroads was conceived as a partnership to support the mission of improving emergency care for children in mental health crises, with acknowledgment of the disproportionate burden in rural areas, where services are often limited. …

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Critical Crossroads was conceived as a partnership to support the mission of improving emergency care …

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Resources

The EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center develops education and resources aimed at improving care for acutely ill and injured children. Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kits (PEAKs) are collections of best practice educational resources designed to …

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Knowledge Management

The EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center develops education and resources aimed at improving care for …

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Video Platform Assessment Video and Upcoming Toolkit

TTAC recently conducted a networking stress test of several common video platforms at a variety of bandwidth speeds and conditions

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TTAC recently conducted a networking stress test of several common video platforms at a variety …

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Pediatric Readiness

Children have unique physiological, emotional, and developmental characteristics that require specialized emergency care. Pediatric Readiness is ensuring that every EMS agency and emergency department has the pediatric-specific champions, competencies, policies, equipment, and other resources needed …

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Disaster Hospital Prehospital State Partnerships Trauma

Children have unique physiological, emotional, and developmental characteristics that require specialized emergency care. Pediatric Readiness …

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National Pediatric Readiness Project

The National Pediatric Readiness Project (NPRP) empowers emergency departments (EDs) to improve their capability to provide high-quality care for children, also known as being “pediatric ready.” The project is led by the EMSC Program in …

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The National Pediatric Readiness Project (NPRP) empowers emergency departments (EDs) to improve their capability to …

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Program Resources

Click on the cards below for additional content. We've compiled all State Partnership related activities and tasks into one timeline. We've compiled all State Partnership related activities and tasks into one timeline. Resources to help …

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Click on the cards below for additional content. We've compiled all State Partnership related activities …

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Current Measures

A brief description of each of the nine EMSC performance measures are included below. The first three measures are prehospital EMS systems-based measures, the next four are hospital systems-based, and the last two are permanence-performance …

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A brief description of each of the nine EMSC performance measures are included below. The …

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Disaster Preparedness

Disaster preparedness for children has made great strides in recent years, but challenges remain. In 2015, hospitals only met 21% of the recommendations outlined in the National Commission on Children and Disasters 2010 report, and …

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Disaster Prehospital

Disaster preparedness for children has made great strides in recent years, but challenges remain. In …

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Advocacy

The goal of EIIC Advocacy Domain is to support and enable all people who care about children in emergencies to communicate views and concerns with decision makers, and access and disseminate high-quality information about evidence-based …

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Advocacy

The goal of EIIC Advocacy Domain is to support and enable all people who care …

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Pulse Newsletter

The EMSC Pulse newsletter is a digest of news and activities across the Emergency Medical Services for Children program. Each issue also includes information about the broader pediatric emergency care community. EMSC Pulse is published …

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The EMSC Pulse newsletter is a digest of news and activities across the Emergency Medical …

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Telehealth Collaborative

The Telehealth Collaborative has ended. To find resources, view the telehealth toolkit. Or, join an upcoming collaborative! The EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center is excited to announce an upcoming HRSA-EMSC sponsored Telehealth Collaborative …

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Hospital Prehospital Quality Improvement State Partnerships Trauma

The Telehealth Collaborative has ended. To find resources, view the telehealth toolkit. Or, join an …

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EMSC in State Regulation & Policy

This section provides documents showing how states/territories have influenced change by including EMSC priorities in regulation or policy. Listed below are EMSC Program Priorities (as listed in Performance Measure 09), Performance Measures, and System Establishment …

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This section provides documents showing how states/territories have influenced change by including EMSC priorities in …

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Leveling the Playing Field: A Concept of Operations for Pediatric Disaster Education

Based on the findings of the Eastern Great Lakes Pediatric Consortium for Disaster Response Education Team this summary lays out the need for a whole child, whole community and whole population concept of operations that …

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Based on the findings of the Eastern Great Lakes Pediatric Consortium for Disaster Response Education …

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EMSC Family Advisory Network (FAN) Webpage (EIIC-hosted)

This webpage provides details on, and resources for, the EMSC Family Advisory Network (FAN), a network developed to facilitate the inclusion of family representatives in the EMSC program.

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This webpage provides details on, and resources for, the EMSC Family Advisory Network (FAN), a …

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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

As a national organization that supports evolving healthcare systems, the mission of the EIIC is to transform care processes and improve outcomes for ill or injured children across the emergency care continuum. The EIIC recognizes …

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Advocacy

As a national organization that supports evolving healthcare systems, the mission of the EIIC is …

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Performance Measures

Performance Measures are the primary goals of the SP Program and serve as standards of achievement for the state/territory grantees. In accordance with the Government Performance Results Act, grantees are required to regularly report on …

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Performance Measures are the primary goals of the SP Program and serve as standards of …

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