title: Pediatric emergency care in Minnesota: it's time to bring up our grade.
abstract: The National Pediatric Readiness Project is a partnership of Emergency Medical Services for Children, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association. The first phase of the project, a national assessment of hospitals' ability to treat children with emergent needs-both illnesses and injuries-was completed in July 2013. All Minnesota hospitals providing care for children responded. The overall score for Minnesota was 63, six points lower than the national overall score. This article explains what was assessed, why Minnesota's results may be sub-par and what hospitals need to do to become "peds ready."
authors.forename: Paula Fink
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Kocken
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*