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How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture Health IT Analytics 5/17/22 Brendan Watkins, chief analytics officer at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, shares his thoughts on how data management, governance, and analysis are critical for health care providers to deliver high-quality care and improve patient outcomes.

The Data Dividend: Reimagining Data Strategies to Deepen Insights The Economist 5/17/22 Brendan Watkins, chief analytics officer at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, discusses how data can be better governed and harnessed to fuel innovation.

Congress Should Apply a Key Lesson from the War on Cancer to Address Pediatric Behavioral, Mental Health Crisis The Hill 5/13/22 Paul King, president and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, discusses how the Strengthen Kids’ Mental Health Now Act would repair the pediatric health care safety net and improve access to behavioral and mental health care through better integration and coordination.

Community Spaces Designed to Make an Impact Architectural Digest 5/11/22 Jill Ann Sullivan, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Sr. VP of Strategic Space Planning and General Services, explains how Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital was designed to help obstetric and pediatric patients.

How Children’s Hospitals Are Innovating in the Face of COVID-19 US News & World Report 5/10/22 Dennis Lund, MD, discusses what children’s hospitals have learned since the onset of the pandemic and how that is informing their strategic thinking for the future.
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75 Black Healthcare Leaders to Know | 2022 Becker’s Hospital Review 3/31/22 Paul King, president and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, is highlighted for investing in a digital health program that will give patients more access to care using the hospital's telehealth and virtual technology.

Eshoo, Blunt Rochester, Fitzpatrick Introduce Major Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Children’s Mental Health Congresswoman Eshoo News Center 3/29/22 Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced the introduction of H.R. 7236, the Strengthen Kids’ Mental Health Now Act, bipartisan legislation to address the growing crisis of children’s mental health in America. Paul King, president and CEO at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, is quoted.

How Analytics Can Elevate the Role of Data Across the Care Continuum MedCity News 3/21/22 Brendan Watkins, chief analytics officer at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is featured.

Stanford School of Medicine Plans to Expand Healthcare Access for Underserved Populations Stanford Daily 3/10/22 Paul King, president and CEO, describes how initiatives such as the Teen Van Program, which provides essential care and support to youth in underserved communities and high schools, also work to bridge the gap in healthcare disparities.

88 Chief Medical Officers of Hospitals and Health Systems to Know 2022 Becker’s Hospital Review 3/10/22 Dennis Lund, MD, is mentioned.

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and John Muir Health Extend Their Long-Standing Operating Agreement for Another 10 Years Stanford Medicine Children’s Health News Center 3/3/22 This agreement provides John Muir Health pediatric patients with high-level care that is not only local but also seamlessly supported by a top-10-rated children’s hospital in the nation if a higher level of care is required. Paul King, president and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children's Health, is quoted.

At State of Stanford Medicine, Leaders Offer Vision for Equity, Life Science Research and Specialty Care Stanford School of Medicine News Center 2/23/22 In remarks at the State of Stanford Medicine address, the medical school dean and the CEOs of Stanford Health Care and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health praised their organizations’ response to the pandemic and outlined plans for the upcoming year. Paul King is quoted.

Omicron Drove Up Kids’ COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates. By How Much? Now the CDC Knows The Mercury News, East Bay Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Santa Cruz Sentinel 2/15/22 Dennis Lund, MD, explains why he believes the high vaccination rates in the Bay Area kept children’s hospitalization numbers manageable.

Dr. Dennis Lund, Associate Dean of the Faculty and CMO at Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Becker’s Hospital Review 2/8/22 Dennis Lund, MD, discusses the organizations operating strategies throughout the pandemic, advice for navigating uncertainties, and the lasting effects of COVID-19.

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Announces New Surgeon-in-Chief Stanford Medicine Children’s Health News Center 2/1/22 Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, follows James Dunn, MD, who held the surgeon-in-chief position for five years. Dennis Lund, MD, is quoted.

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Achieves Highest Level of Surgical Verification Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Pennsylvania WFMZ 69, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health News Center 1/26/22 Dennis Lund, MD, and Jesus Cepero, PhD, RN, discuss the recent designation by the American College of Surgeons, making the hospital one of only three Level I children’s surgery centers in all of California.

Pediatric Suicide Attempts, Mental Health Cases Rose 53% in 2021, Stanford Medicine Children’s CEO Says Becker’s Hospital Review 1/14/22 Paul King, president and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, discusses how the organization is using innovative approaches to diagnose and treat mental health disorders among pediatric patients through data collection tools.

CMIO 3.0: How the Chief Medical Information Officer Role Has Evolved Healthcare Innovation 1/14/22 Natalie Pageler, MD, discusses the need for health systems to build innovative decision support tools on top of creating web-based EHR integrated support tools.

Stanford Medicine Children’s CEO Named Chair of Children’s Hospital Association Board Becker’s Hospital Review 1/6/22 Paul King, president and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, is named the chair of 2022 Children’s Hospital Association board.
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