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Published on: 9/21/2008
Last Visited: 9/21/2008
John Neff, MDDirectorThe Center for Children with Chronic Health Conditions
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During this session, John Neff, MD, Director of the Center for Children with Chronic Health Conditions at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, will present his experience in using Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs) to identify and stratify patients in children's hospitals.He will share examples on how this classification system, that is based on underlying conditions of patients rather than primary reason for admission, has been used by Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center for strategic and quality improvement purposes.
After his presentation, he will join with participants in exploring potential uses of the CRGs by children's specialty hospitals.