Rapid Response Systems 20 Years Later: New Approaches, Old Challenges

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Pediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic Group, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom4Department of Health Sciences, Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio6Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Christopher P Bonafide et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2016.

. 2016 Aug 1;170(8):729-30.

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0398.

¹ Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Pediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic Group, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom4Department of Health Sciences, Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio6Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: The authors report no additional potential conflicts of interest.

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