Child and Adolescent Health

Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA’s Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, discusses pediatric sepsis and what we can do to prevent, recognize and treat it.
The Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program, part of the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic, held the “Unlock Your Future” college and career fair targeted towards AYA patients.
O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 2024 opened an on-campus grocery store, housed in a portable building and brimming with fresh produce, meat and nonperishable items for students and their families.
Michael Pitt, M.D., a pediatric hospitalist at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, helped create a mobile application that sends real-time notifications to patients’ families on when their doctors are making their rounds, creating opportunities for those families to see them.
In this conversation, San Luis Valley Hospital's Monica Hinds, R.N., director of emergency services and obstetrics, and Stephanie Posorske, certified nurse midwife, discuss their approach to cross-training units with minimal resources, and partnering with community stakeholders to keep the lights…
The loss of a baby during pregnancy or delivery or within the first months after birth is its own kind of grief. Through its Community Wellness Program, Penn Medicine Princeton Health offers a space and opportunity for families to come together in a moving and dignified ceremony to share their…
The Children’s Hospital Association has released a replay of a recent webinar on the International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock, a new way to define sepsis in children once it has occurred.
In the latest edition of AHA's Trustee Insights newsletter, Schonay Barnett-Jones, a trustee at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and a member of the AHA Board of Trustees and Committee on Governance, shares how board members at pediatric hospitals can help improve the health and…
At Landmark Medical Center, based in Woonsocket, R.I., new moms and their babies receive care in a comfortable setting designed to feel like home. Landmark’s Maternity Care and Newburn Nursery Precious Beginnings specializes in offering a single room maternity experience, where all aspects of the…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee March 20 unanimously passed AHA-supported legislation to reauthorize through 2029 the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 7153), which provides grants to help health care organizations offer behavioral health services for front-line…