To ensure inclusive and culturally-sensitive care for all pediatric patients, The Kid Experts® at Children’s Minnesota and Henna & Hijabs – a Minnesota-based and Black-, Muslim-, woman-led company – are joining together to embark on a new frontier: a new modest pediatric hospital gown.
Dr. Gigi Chawla, chief of general pediatrics at Children’s Minnesota, is here to help families decide what’s best for their kids when it comes to milk.
The recognition celebrates outstanding contributions of women across the health care industry, highlighting their efforts in improving care delivery, promoting health equity, shaping policy, and advancing gender equality in health care leadership.
Children’s Minnesota is ecstatic to share that The Kid Experts® in the St. Paul pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) celebrated five years without a central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI). A CLABSI can be a serious setback in the recovery of a critically-ill child who requires a central line, which is a thin tube inserted into a large vein that goes to the heart. It can result in a longer, more expensive hospital stay, and even increase morbidity and mortality.
The efforts of two Children's Minnesota departments to successfully identify opportunities to enhance the patient family experience were highlighted in a case study by NRC Health.
In the Talking Pediatrics episode, “In a heartbeat: Outpatient screening to determine cardiovascular risk,” host Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd talks with pediatric cardiologist Dr. Chris Carter about screening student athletes and all young patients for heart issues in the primary care office.
An exciting phase two clinical trial led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital neuro-oncologists recently launched at Children’s Minnesota. Anne Bendel, MD, director of the pediatric neuro-oncology program, and Maggie Skrypek, MD, pediatric neuro-oncologist at Children’s Minnesota, are investigators in the study and will play key roles in managing the trial, completing the study, and preparing the results for publication.
Governor Tim Walz proclaimed Feb. 13, 2024, “Children’s Minnesota Day” at a centennial celebration of the largest pediatric health system in the state.
Were you in Toronto, Ontario, for the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting in May 2024? Children’s Minnesota was! PAS is the premier national meeting for pediatric research at every career stage.
Shukri is program manager of Midwest Fetal Care Center (MWFCC), a collaboration between Allina Health and Children’s Minnesota. She is being recognized for her role in MWFCC’s fetal equity project, which aims to ensure all communities have access to the expert care MWFCC provides unborn babies with complex medical conditions.