RESEARCH ARTICLE
Improved Vitamin D Supplementation in Hospitalized Breastfed Infants Through Electronic Order Modification and Targeted Provider Education AUTHORS Caroline S. Watnick, MD,1 Helen J. Binns, MD, MPH,1,2,3,4 Robert S. Greenberg, MD1,2 1
Department of Pediatrics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; and 4 Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Research Center, Chicago, Illinois; and 2 Departments of Pediatrics, and 3 Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois KEY WORDS AAP guidelines, breastfed infants, electronic medical record, order set modification, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplementation ABBREVIATIONS AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics EMR: electronic medical record www.hospitalpediatrics.org doi:10.1542/hpeds.2014-0080 Address correspondence to Caroline Watnick, MD. E-mail: [email protected] HOSPITAL PEDIATRICS (ISSN Numbers: Print, 2154 - 1663; Online, 2154 - 1671). Copyright © 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose. FUNDING: No external funding.
abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine effectiveness of an intervention promoting vitamin D supplementation in hospitalized breastfed infants. METHODS: Our urban tertiary care hospital instituted a 2-part intervention: brief education for providers on vitamin D guidelines and insertion of an opt-in order for vitamin D supplements into electronic admission order sets. Data downloads on admissions of patients aged
Improved Vitamin D Supplementation in Hospitalized Breastfed Infants Through Electronic Order Modification and Targeted Provider Education AUTHORS Caroline S. Watnick, MD,1 Helen J. Binns, MD, MPH,1,2,3,4 Robert S. Greenberg, MD1,2 1
Department of Pediatrics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; and 4 Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Research Center, Chicago, Illinois; and 2 Departments of Pediatrics, and 3 Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois KEY WORDS AAP guidelines, breastfed infants, electronic medical record, order set modification, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplementation ABBREVIATIONS AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics EMR: electronic medical record www.hospitalpediatrics.org doi:10.1542/hpeds.2014-0080 Address correspondence to Caroline Watnick, MD. E-mail: [email protected] HOSPITAL PEDIATRICS (ISSN Numbers: Print, 2154 - 1663; Online, 2154 - 1671). Copyright © 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose. FUNDING: No external funding.
abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine effectiveness of an intervention promoting vitamin D supplementation in hospitalized breastfed infants. METHODS: Our urban tertiary care hospital instituted a 2-part intervention: brief education for providers on vitamin D guidelines and insertion of an opt-in order for vitamin D supplements into electronic admission order sets. Data downloads on admissions of patients aged
