Pediatric residents from the UConn School of Medicine spend three years at Connecticut Children’s honing their clinical skills during rotations in ambulatory, inpatient, and subspecialty care. All of our residents also learn the importance of promoting health and well-being by taking part in a community longitudinal elective. In […]
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: Jessica Hollenbach, PhD Asthma is the most common chronic pediatric disease, which affects nearly six million children in the United States. Children from minority groups who live in low socioeconomic urban areas experience the highest rates of asthma and associated concerns. Children with asthma also suffer from higher […]
By: Nancy Trout, MD, MPH On the Partner’s In Health website, Dr. Paul Farmer is quoted: “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” This quote has been on my mind of late, particularly with regard to children […]
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 transform healthcare delivery through a series of […]
By: Marcus Smith The Building for Health initiative, developed and launched earlier this year by Connecticut Children’s Healthy Homes Program and Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), is designed to ensure families get their housing concerns addressed efficiently and effectively, no matter what the problem is. We are thrilled […]
By: Garry Lapidus, PA-C, MPH Every summer, my understanding of the importance of the field of injury prevention grows deeper as I watch our Hayley Petit Injury & Violence Prevention fellows learn and grow. This summer’s fellows were Pranally Desai of Farmington, Connecticut, Callista Love of Bolton, Connecticut, […]
