The international conversation begun at last October’s “Pediatrics 2040” has coalesced into a continuing global discussion among the best minds in pediatric innovation. The inaugural, invitation-only Pediatric Innovation Leadership Forum, held at the Ritz-Carlton Dana Point in June, brought pediatric hospitals and industry leaders together to share the ideas that are transforming pediatric medicine. Sponsored […]
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Secure Texting App Comes to CHOC – An Update from Dr. Bill Feaster, CHOC Chief Medical Information Officer
As many of you are aware, texting protected health information (PHI) over a non-secure platform is a violation of HIPAA. Unfortunately, this has become a growing, common practice in healthcare due to convenience and the quick responses usually elicited by a text message. Fortunately, there are many products on the market today that allow us […]
In the Spotlight: Frank Kellogg M.D.
He may have officially retired in 2013, but Frank Kellogg, M.D., is still a practicing pediatrician. He works one day a week at Strong Families Medical Group, in Anaheim, where he cares for an underserved medical population.It is the latest stage of a long medical career marked by service. Dr. Kellogg graduated from Anaheim High […]
CHOC Ranked Among Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals
Did you hear our good news? CHOC has been ranked as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, available at www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals. CHOC ranked in seven specialties: cancer, pulmonology, neonatology, which earned a “top 20” spot, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, and […]
CHOC Small Baby Unit Serves as Model at Conference
Dozens of representatives from neonatal intensive care units nationwide recently toured CHOC Small Baby Unit (SBU) and learned how to replicate the facility in their own hospitals as part of a conference held by the Vermont Oxford Network (VON). About 50 attendees spent two days this month at CHOC, touring and attending workshops and roundtable […]
In the Spotlight: CHOC Specialists Pediatric Surgery
“I would never live in a community that doesn’t have a children’s hospital,” says Dr. Mustafa Kabeer, a CHOC Specialists pediatric surgeon. Dr. Kabeer and his three partners – all fathers – firmly believe that ill or injured children require the clinical expertise and compassionate, family-centered care unique to pediatric facilities, like CHOC. “Kids aren’t […]
