Preston Simmons

Perceptions of Secure Messaging and Patient Safety: Results of an Interprofessional Survey

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Communication technology within pediatric health care systems is rapidly evolving and has the potential to affect safety culture. After implementing a secure messaging communication platform at our quaternary care hospital, we aimed to evaluate the new...

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...