Pediatric Care in the Home: Dr. Lyndsey Garbi on Blueberry Pediatrics About half of children in the United States don’t have easy access to pediatric healthcare. The shortage of pediatricians is already significant and projected to reach 15,000 to 20,000 by 2036. Only about 14% of emergency rooms are equipped to handle pediatric visits well,.
When a child is admitted to a hospital, so much of what happens to them is out of their control. Doctors come and go. Medications arrive on a schedule. Procedures happen whether the child wants them or not. In this episode, two practitioners at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles share how creativity, in the form of.
Some of the most significant gaps in pediatric care aren’t in the most complex conditions, they’re in the most common ones. And some of the rarest conditions are only just beginning to receive the attention they deserve. This episode brings together four innovators working across very different corners of pediatric healthcare, connected by a shared.
The NICU is a life-saving environment. It is also, by design, a difficult one, bright lights, frequent procedures, limited parental contact, and a level of stimulation that the developing newborn brain was never meant to experience. For the families who spend days, weeks, or months inside one, it can also feel like the hardest part.