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Texas Children’s news for the medical staff
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Surgery
The Department of Surgery has begun a Pediatric Surgery Grand
Rounds series to be held the first Friday of every month at 7
a.m. in the Texas Children’s Hospital Auditorium.
The first presentation was given by Dr. Jed Nuchtern, who spoke
about recent developments in neuroblastoma research. Nuchtern
is associate professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric
Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine and a member of the Texas
Children's medical staff with privileges in Pediatric Surgery.
This educational series is sponsored by Baylor College of
Medicine, which designates this activity for one hour of
category 1 CME credit.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
New access to call schedules
A new Web-based system has been instituted that will allow
individuals easy access to call schedules and the ability to
page through the Texas Children’s paging system with either
direct page or text messaging. You can access the system through
the intranet Physicians Resource Page, the intranet Favorites
button, or the Texas Children’s applications.
Quality council
A new National Patient Safety Goal has added increased focus to
effective communication during “hand off” of patients from one
caregiver to another. The goal is to implement a standardized
approach to the “hand off” communications, including an
opportunity to ask and respond to questions.
Medical staff bylaws
Changes to the medical staff bylaws that were approved by the
medical staff at the August Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting have
been approved by the Board of Trustees and can now be accessed
through the Physician Resource Center intranet page.
Bioethics Education Subcommittee
receives award
Texas Children’s Bioethics Education Subcommittee received
recognition for Best Multidisciplinary Work for its paper
“E-Ethics and Education - Developing a Hospital-wide Ethics
Toolkit.” The paper was presented by Barbara Montagnino, R.N.,
assisted by Ernest Frugé, Ph.D., Myrtle Williams, vice president
and R.N., and Kathy
Jordan, R.N. The presentation was made at a symposium sponsored by
the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital and Department of
Bioethics titled “Pediatric Ethics: Setting an Agenda for the
Future.” The symposium was attended by more than 250 bioethicists, physicians, pediatric intensivists, nurses and
social workers.
Moderate sedation criteria change
On the recommendation of the Sedation Oversight Committee and
the Credentials Committee, the criteria for moderate sedation
privileges have changed. Please note that at the time of your
next reappointment, you will be required to achieve a score of
90 percent or better on the Texas Children’s Hospital online sedation
course in addition to providing documentation of current
certification in APLS, PALS, ACLS or BLS.
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