Pediatric providers are increasingly recognizing the dominant impact of social, environmental, and behavioral factors on children’s health, development, and well-being. An important focus on health equity and the impact of adverse social determinants demand providers’ best efforts to identify and address families’ needs. As a result, many organizations […]
By: Karen Rubin, MD Connecticut Children’s is embracing new technology to strengthen pediatric primary care by ensuring subspecialists in certain clinical areas are available to community-based pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) through electronic consultations, or e-consults. How E-Consults Work Now becoming more popular around the country, e-consults mark […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD The Old Testament seems an unlikely source for inspiration on healthcare reform. Nonetheless, the admittedly commonplace quote, “….a little child shall lead them,” (Isaiah 11:6) may be regarded as applicable to our state’s notable efforts to achieve health care transformation through a series […]
Are we working toward building healthcare or building health for children? It’s a key question posed by Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH throughout his presentation as the featured speaker at the 7th annual Dworkin Lecture in Hartford. The Pediatrics Grand Rounds session honors Paul H. Dworkin, MD, Connecticut Children’s […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD and Lisa Honigfeld, PhD While Connecticut has made much progress over the past decade in improving the delivery of child health services, much still needs to be done to reach our ultimate goal of ensuring the optimal health, development, and well-being of all […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD and Erin Cornell, MPH In April of 2017, we published an Advancing Kids blog entitled, “An Impressive Reminder That All Measures Matter”. In that blog, we cited a recently published article that we believed validated our approach to measuring the impact of our […]
Paul H. Dworkin, MD serves as executive vice president for community child health at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, director of Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health, and founding director of the Help Me Grow National Center. Dr. Dworkin is also a professor of pediatrics at UConn School […]
At Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, we focus on providing world class medical and surgical care for our young patients. However, we also go a step beyond that by making it a priority to address the non-medical needs of children, families and our community. We are proud to highlight […]
