Every day at Akron Children’s, we strive to deliver compassionate care and create positive experiences for our patients and families. This month, we’re spotlighting Julie Rankin, RCCS, a pediatric cardiac sonographer, who received the following feedback from a patient family, after their recent visit: “My (age) year old daughter had an echocardiogram this morning. She […]
Donation helps improve patient access to services
Access to transportation has been identified as a major concern for families seeking medical care for their families in the Mahoning Valley. One local organization recognized and addressed this need with a recent gift. Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley received $250,000 from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mahoning Valley and Western PA (now named Ronald […]
Providers, departments exceed national benchmarks for patient experience
Akron Children’s Hospital congratulates our providers and departments who have been recognized for meeting and/or exceeding an important national quality benchmark that measures patient satisfaction. These patient experience survey scores represent the percentage of patients who answered this question – “Would you recommend this provider/facility” – with a 9 or 10, the top responses. Note that the questions were answered based on which area […]
Evidence Based Practice leads to care transformation in rehabilitation services
Physical therapists Amy Krahe and Lori Ross jumped at the chance to attend an onsite evidence-based practice (EBP) immersion workshop led by expert faculty from The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice. “EBP is common in the nursing world, but it’s less common in other clinical areas,” said Lori. “When the hospital’s […]
Unplanned extubation numbers decrease in the Akron NICU
Unless you’re a caregiver in one of the hospital’s intensive care units, the terms intubation and extubation might not mean much to you. But as manager of respiratory services, Bonnie Powell, lives and breathes these terms daily as she tracks the hospital’s most medically fragile patients. Intubation is the term for placing a tube (that […]
Population Health helps transform care coordination for high-risk patients
When Akron Children’s Hospital began its Population Health management program in 2017 it was with the vision to develop a family-centered, efficient and outcome-focused care coordination model for the hospital’s highest risk patients. According to Kris Grayem, vice president of population health, “Our department looks at how we can collaborate with outside agencies and departments […]
