The Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety (CBPPS) recently recognized MaryAnn Chanes, RN, BSN, quality manager, CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital, as a Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS). This distinction places Chanes among an elite group of professionals who have earned the credential. “Earning this credential attests to Mary’s professional competency in patient […]
CHOC Inside
Innovator Spotlight – Choco’s Sea Adventure Team: Allison O’Berry, Melissa Kawanaka, Paula Moran, Bronwyn Stackleather, Mi4 and Eon
Last year, Mi4 and Eon Reality teamed up with CCMH to create Choco’s Sea Adventure, an augmented reality module designed to motivate patients to ambulate. We interviewed Melissa, Paula and Allison about what it was like to take such an active role in developing this solution for their patients and families. Melissa: CHOC at Mission has […]
CHOC Children’s Named 2015 Most Wired Hospital
CHOC Children’s Hospital has been named a “2015 Most Wired Hospital,” based on results of the 17th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired™ Survey by the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Considered a leading industry barometer measuring information technology (IT) use and adoption among hospitals nationwide, the survey […]
Innovator Spotlight – Howard Lei
In CHOC’s Innovator Spotlight, Senior Data Scientist Dr. Howard Lei discusses artificial intelligence’s role in health care.
CHOC Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Earns Gold Beacon Award for Exceptional Patient Care
August 3, 2015 — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently conferred, for a second time, a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at CHOC Children’s Hospital (CHOC). The Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy […]
Innovator Spotlight – Kent Lee
Kent Lee Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Departmentlinkedin.com/in/kent-lee-a48a029 Kent Lee, DNP, RN, CPEN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department is an inspiring innovator, who likes to see problems as opportunities for improvement. When did you become interested in innovation and how do you see problems differently? It goes back to when I first became a nurse at CHOC. […]
