Pediatrics

Boston Children’s Hospital, Franciscan Children’s Finalize New Affiliation to Reshape Children’s Mental Health and Rehabilitative Care

As part of their joint effort to create a unique system of pediatric mental health and rehabilitative care, research and teaching, Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and Franciscan Children’s (FC) announced that they have finalized their affiliation agreement and will officially close on the agreement as of July 1. This affiliation will reshape children’s mental health …

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MyTown Health Partners Announces New Alliance with Kidzcare Pediatrics

MyTown Health Partners (“MTHP”), a comprehensive practice management services organization recently formed by Webster Equity Partners, has partnered with Kidzcare Pediatrics, a leading pediatric provider with three locations in Tennessee. This leading healthcare management services organization represents leading specialists who focus on providing services to medically underserved populations throughout the United States. With the addition …

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‘Everyone’s Trying to Solve This from Different Angles’: Addressing the Worsening Pediatric Behavioral Health Crisis

Rates of pediatric behavioral health conditions have skyrocketed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the federal government has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into pediatric mental health services. Last year, the Biden administration pledged nearly $300 million to expand mental health services in schools, for instance. Still, addressing the youth …

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Speech Disorder Diagnoses in Children Doubled during COVID, Komodo Health Finds

Speech disorder diagnoses in children more than doubled during the pandemic, a new analysis by Komodo Health shows. The rate of new diagnoses increased progressively as the pandemic continued. About 1.5 million children ages 0 to 12 received a new diagnosis in 2022, up from an average of 570,000 from 2018 and 2019 combined. Infants …

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ECRI: The Growing Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Is 2023’s Biggest Patient Safety Challenge

The growing youth mental health crisis is the top patient safety concern this year, according to the latest report from ECRI. ECRI, an independent group tracking the safety, quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare, releases an analysis each year naming the 10 biggest patient safety issues the industry should be monitoring. Rates of anxiety and depression …

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