A music video of patients and staff on the Seattle Children’s Hospital hematology-oncology floor rocking out to Kelly Clarkson’s song “Stronger” is a big on the Internet.
U.S. has a higher rate of babies born too early than more than 125 other countries, including Rwanda, Uzbekistan, China and Latvia, according a new report produced by 50 organizations, including the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), an initiative of Seattle Children’s.
The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbrith (GAPPS) repository will store specimens from pregnant women that researchers from around the world can use to study both normal and abnormal pregnancies.
Seattle Children’s researchers played a key role in the development of a new cystic fibrosis drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Tuesday. The drug, ivacaftor, is the first to be developed that actually targets an underlying cause of the disease, a defect in a gene called the fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. To [...]
The clinic will provide treatment for children, teens and young adults ages 0-21 needing non-emergency medical care in the evenings, over the weekends and during the holidays.
Clinic hopes to provide an alternative care option to the ER for children needing non-emergency medical attention in the evenings, over the weekends and during the holidays.
The new center’s mission is to replace cancer therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy that can harm the body, with ”smart” therapies that will hit their cancer targets with precision and leave the rest of the body unharmed.
New facilities seek to reinvent hospital care. Medicare to hold hospitals responsible for costs of post-discharge care. Doctors give up private practices, take salaried jobs — and become Democrats.
Today U.S. News & World Report magazine has placed Seattle Children’s Hospital among the nation’s top children’s hospitals for the 19th consecutive year.
Investigation concluded that Seattle Children’s transport nurses appeared to be confused about what they were allowed to do and whether they could administer medications without a doctor’s order–Seattle Times reports.
“Kimberly Hiatt made a mathematical error that led to the tragic death of an infant patient. Firing her simply absolved the hospital from their share of the blame,” Dr. Kevin Pho writes. “Instead, she should have been involved with the subsequent improvement process to prevent future errors.”
Budget cuts will hurt all children, not just poor, op-ed columnists say. Hundreds show up for care at Tacoma Dome free clinic. Seattle Times decries Gov. Gregoire’s partial veto of medical marijuana law.
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