Children can be a bundle of squirming energy. While all of that energy can be adorable on the playground, in an MRI machine it can delay receiving critical medical diagnoses. A child’s natural squirming tendency can result in unclear MRI data, resulting in...
Pediatrics is one of the most challenging patient populations for innovation. With many of our patient populations relying on Medicaid or CHIP as payors and the nature of decreasing reimbursement rates for these vulnerable populations the incentive structure...
The value of Child Life Specialists (CLS) can not be overstated. Rudder et al. paper “Effects of an MRI Try Without program on patient access” examined a program to reduce the use of sedation for MRI it is clear that with the proper intervention a better...
When I was with the Sowell lab at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles we would frequently use a Mock MRI to prepare kids for the procedure. It was clear how effective the intervention was in reducing fear and anxiety in addition to producing better quality data and...
