Description: 

Pediatric medicine is rapidly evolving, and care is increasingly complex—requiring expertise and coordination of people and processes across the care team. Morbidity and mortality are especially difficult for families and hospital staff. While some degree of morbidity and mortality is unavoidable, as a Children’s Center, we strive to prevent morbidities and mortalities and to learn from unexpected or unfortunate outcomes. These outcomes are often multifactorial, reflecting social determinants of health, challenging handoffs, delays in care, communication gaps, and systems issues. The goal of the PICU Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) CASE selection and conference is to provide a supportive learning environment to strengthen clinicians’ and care team knowledge, examine complex care situations, and discuss pediatric conditions, treatments, and processes that influence outcomes. The conference brings together multidisciplinary and multispecialty professionals to generate discussion, foster learning, and identify opportunities to improve care for patients with complex diseases and conditions. This monthly series provides structured review/selection of cases and broader conference discussions to address the need for in-depth case assessment using current evidence and expert perspectives. M&M provides an opportunity to assess complex situations, explore best practices, review relevant literature, leverage diverse expertise, and continually identify opportunities for collective improvement in pursuit of the highest quality of care and ongoing education.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Learning Objectives: 

At the completion of this activity, learners will be able to:

1. Identify opportunities to improve quality of care, enhance patient safety, and advance professional education by examining adverse outcomes among pediatric patients cared for in the PICU within a multidisciplinary environment that brings together diverse perspectives and expertise.

2. Utilize evidence-based medicine and review of literature, when needed, to identify options for optimal care and treatment of complex and unusual pediatric patients.

3. Evaluate the relationships between multifactorial contributors to poor pediatric outcomes and apply knowledge to future complex cases.

4. Identify findings, recommendations, and develop follow-up plans for ongoing improvement, accountability, and compliance.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this RSS activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians and 1.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note to Other Disciplines: Non-Physician Participation Credit (AKA - AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™) Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.