Improving Patient Outcomes Through Quality Improvement, Education/Simulation, Advocacy and Community Engagement Research

Physician-scientists at Cincinnati Children’s take a comprehensive approach to critical care research to predict, prevent, characterize and address critical illness now. This work involves engaging with communities, systems of care, patient data and novel technology. We are leaders in:

• Understanding and catalyzing communities. We partner with local organizations and communities to address systemic drivers of critical illness, including access to care. And, working with community members, we develop new strategies that empower families to reduce their child’s risk of critical illness.
• Driving clinical care optimization. Our multidisciplinary teams apply quality improvement (QI) science to make system-wide improvements in how medicine is delivered at the bedside, impacting care delivery and outcomes. This work extends to the application of patient-level biomarkers to inform risk stratification and guide clinical care.
• Embracing the power of novel technology. We find new ways to optimize our electronic medical record system and embrace emerging technologies such as virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence. This enhances clinical decision-making, optimizes clinical training and preparedness, and ultimately improves patient outcomes.

Researchers

Maya Dewan, MD, MPH

Carlie Myers, MD, MS

Carley Riley, MD, MPP

Natalja Stanski, MD

Matthew Zackoff, Md, MEd

The Critical Care Medicine research program is also home to the Media Lab Facility at Cincinnati Children’s. The lab creates high-quality videos and animations to enhance patient, family and provider education and assist in treatment planning.