Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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Preface

enhance patient outcomes without exposing patients to unnecessary interventions. The impact of high-value care reaches multiple care domains—­ patient safety, health care expenditure, patient satisfaction, patient out comes, and the progressive development of physicians’ awareness of best practices. This book offers a high-value perspective to common medical con ditions routinely seen in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, focusing primar ily on diagnosis and treatment. We hope readers find this approach useful, stimulating their desire to implement changes to their practices or reinforcing their current high-value care practice. Well-established, evidence-based high-value care can be replicated at institutions across the world. Changing behaviors may take significant time, but the most important date is the first day when change is considered and imple mentation begins. We wish our readers continued success in their practice. More im portantly, we wish all the children of the world healthy, happy, and suc cessful lives. If, for any reason, they are hospitalized, we hope this book will imparts their medical care team with knowledge and resources to provide effective, efficient, high-quality, and high-value patient care. With deepest gratitude, appreciation, and respect to all our col leagues and their patients.

Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM Sangeeta Krishna, MD, FAAP Anika Kumar, MD, FAAP, FHM Colleen Schelzig, MD, FAAP

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