Right care, right place, right time
Improving pediatric acute care through collaboration
ImPACTS (Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation) was created to ensure that ill and injured children receive the highest quality of emergency care whenever and wherever it is needed.
There are over 5000 general emergency departments and approximately 500 EDs dedicated to the care of only children. 90% of the 31 million children cared for in US emergency departments each year present to community emergency departments, where the majority of the patients are adults.
These hospitals may not be optimized to care for the sickest pediatric patients and/or have access to pediatric subspecialists. Through ImPACTS academic medical centers collaborate with one another and community hospitals to improve pediatric care.
VISION
To ensure that every ill and injured child receives timely, safe and effective emergency care whenever and wherever it is needed (no matter where they live, attend school or travel).
Every emergency department and emergency health care provider will be prepared to care for this population across the continuum of care in the United States.
MODEL
Centralized resources including scheduling, educational resources, simulation resourdes, and data aggregation and analysis. These functions are centralized to ensure consistency and allow the hubs to focus on client engagement rather than back-office tasks.
The core will support Regional Academic Medical Centers as they work with their community partner hospitals through tele-mentoring/collaboration.
INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED?
If you are interested in getting involved as an academic site or community site please contact us.