David P. Johnson

Making It Count: A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Pediatric Hospital Billing at a Community Hospital

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Community pediatric hospital units are closing nationwide because of financial strain. Appropriate designation of hospitalized patients as inpatient (IP), rather than observation, increases hospital revenue. Clinicians often lack knowledge of bed status...

Bridging Practice and Publication: Reexamining Quality Improvement in Pediatric Scholarship

Quality improvement (QI) publication rates in pediatrics surged through the early 21st century yet have noticeably plateaued since that time, a paradoxical shift given the volume of ongoing improvement work across pediatric health systems. We propose that the gap lies not in the...