HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award, Nicklaus Children’s Health System is the only licensed specialty hospital in southern Florida that is exclusively for children; it is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern U.S. The U.S. News & World Report has ranked them among the best in the nation.
After fully embracing the value proposition of health information and technology in 2016, Nicklaus Children’s Health System achieved significant outcome improvements throughout their health system. Improved outcomes for pediatric patients included dropping blood transfusion error rates to zero using barcoding technology, decreasing asthma readmission rates by 26% with stricter adherence to the use of an asthma home plan of care, and reducing CAUTI’s by 57 by implementing and monitoring best practice guidelines.