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Cincinnati Children's CEO Announces RetirementMark Jahnke, the chair of the board of trustees for Cincinnati Children's, will lead a national search for the next...
Finance
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Names New CFOChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia stated that Holder's role will entail making sure that the "hospital thrives in an evolving healthcare...
Clinical Care
"We Are Not Here or Funded to 'Promote the Best Interest' of the Children," Wrote the Head of a Program for Brain-Damaged InfantsA Florida program promises support to families of severely brain-damaged infants. Instead, parents have been forced to choose between parenting...
Clinical Care
Florida Plans Audit of Program That Blocks Parents of Brain-Damaged Newborns From SuingOfficials called for reforms hours after an investigation by the Miami Herald and ProPublica identified gaps in a Florida program...
Strategy
She Can't Sue Her Doctor Over Her Baby's Death. When She Spoke Out, She Was Silenced Again. Ruth Jacques, distraught over the fatal injuries her son suffered during childbirth, couldn't sue her doctor because of an obscure...
Strategy
When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price A Florida program designed to reduce doctors' malpractice bills strips families of their right to sue, offering instead a one-time...
Clinical Care
Families With Sick Kids on Medicaid Seek Easier Access to Out-of-State HospitalsMaking top-quality care accessible at out-of-state children's hospitals for kids with complex medical needs has long vexed families, providers and...
Strategy
'No Good Choices': HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded FacilitiesAccording to internal government statistics and interviews with former officials, legal observers, advocates and congressional staff, those decisions came weeks...
Clinical Care
No One in This State Is Officially Tracking the Quality of Care in Neonatal CentersWithout a federal system of NICU-specific oversight, regulation of the units falls to each state ? and New Mexico isn't...
Clinical Care
How We Investigated Death Rates for Extremely Preterm Babies in This State's Largest Maternity HospitalsThe two largest maternity centers in this state have drastically different death rates for extremely preterm babies. Here's how we...
Clinical Care
The Two Hospitals Have Similar Infant Death Rates — Until You Look at Extremely Premature BabiesLax state oversight leaves unanswered questions about the deaths of extremely preterm babies at Albuquerque's Lovelace Women's Hospital, which markets...
Clinical Care
Review Patient Falls, Especially Those Involving Infants, as Surveys ResumeThe commission has been pushing hospitals to focus on maternal health and infant safety for years, and most recently implemented...