Children's Hospitals Today

Children's Hospitals Today

CHA's award-winning publication features articles on topics such as hospital operations, leadership strategies, behavioral and mental health, and quality initiatives.

Where Community Health Takes Root: A Garden that Nourishes Kids and Connections

A hospital’s garden is a living example of how health and community are deeply intertwined.

June 10, 2025

Promoting Healthy Digital Media Habits Within Families

One pediatrician is leading research and program efforts to understand the challenges and benefits of digital media behaviors among families.

July 08, 2025

Playing for Prevention: A Goal for Health

Learn how one children’s hospital soccer league has welcomed more than 15,000 children and families to address childhood obesity and diabetes in their region.

July 08, 2025

Improving Operating Room Utilization in Children's Hospitals

Find out how a cross-departmental initiative led to more ENT surgeries and increased overall operating room utilization at one children’s hospital.

July 03, 2025

A New Method for Preventing Patient Harm

An innovative approach to preventing safety events leads to dramatically improved outcomes at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

July 03, 2025

Crushing CLABSIs With Communication

By reimagining a daily team tool, three medical-surgical units went two years without a CLABSI.

July 03, 2025

Supporting Infant Mental Health From Day One

A children’s hospital provides mental health services for babies and toddlers during one of the most formative periods of their lives.

July 02, 2025

A Replicable Model for Integrating Behavioral Health

How to turn a fragmented effort into a standardized system across more than a dozen primary care clinics.

July 02, 2025

Uncovering Patient Safety Trends with AI

ChatGPT helps Stanford Medicine Children’s Health identify key safety risks in less time and with greater accuracy.

June 26, 2025

Improving Pediatric Emergency Care at Rural Hospitals

Primary Children’s Hospital is preparing rural hospitals across five states to care for critically ill kids.

June 17, 2025