Priority 1 from the Paediatric Hospital Care PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What best practices and/or care models exist for inpatient care for children and youth with medical complexity on the general paediatric inpatient unit? (JLA PSP Priority 1) | |
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| Overall ranking | 1 |
| JLA question ID | 0114/01 |
| Explanatory note | Children with medical complexity have unique needs, as such it is important to best practices for their care on the general paediatric inpatient unit |
| Evidence |
Bradshaw, S., Bem, D., Shaw, K., Taylor, B., Chiswell, C., Salama, M., ... & Cummins, C. (2019). Improving health, wellbeing and parenting skills in parents of children with special health care needs and medical complexity–a scoping review. BMC pediatrics, 19(1), 1-11. |
| Health Research Classification System category | Generic health relevance |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | For children with medical complexity (CMC), they should have an automatic pharmacist and dietician who reviews their care ~ For CMC, I would like to know if we can get feedback from parents on how we could have prevented or shorted the hospitalization stay; how we could have improved the stay (Patient/family oriented outcome measures) ~ How can weekend care be improved for medically complex children? ~ Does avoiding transfer out of NICU or PICU of medically complex children prevent medical errors or lead to better patient care? |
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| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0114 |
| PSP name | Paediatric Hospital Care (Canada) |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 75 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 18th and 19th August 2021 |