Hospital Medicine & Complex Care Research Program

Our Mission

We partner with families to collaboratively design and implement evidence-based interventions that improve health and healthcare for pediatric patients.

Our Vision

We envision a world where healthcare systems are responsive and adaptive to children facing complex health challenges.

Our Values

Partnership, Innovation, Resilience, Rigor, Inclusion, Transparency, Courage, Growth-mindset

Our Research

Our interdisciplinary team focuses on the following core areas:

• Leveraging big datasets to ask important clinical and health services questions,
• Developing innovative tools and technologies to improve communication and partnerships with patients and families,
• Testing cutting-edge interventions to improve pediatric health systems and care delivery, and
• Maintaining rich community partnerships, locally, nationally and internationally.

Methods

We use mixed methods to conduct innovative, single and multi-center studies, including:

• Clinical trials,
• Observational and quasi-experimental studies,
• Quality improvement initiatives, and
• Qualitative research (focus groups, key-informant interviews, expert consensus).

Infrastructure

Our program supports a diverse research portfolio through:

• Project management, research, and biostatistical staff,
• Secondary data analysis and manuscript writing groups, and
• Maintenance of national and state-based datasets, such as the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids’ Inpatient Database, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, and National Survey of Children’s Health, among others.