Reports From the Field

Using Quality Improvement Methods to Implement an Individualized Home Pain Management Plan for Children with Sickle Cell Disease


 

Corresponding author: Kenya Simmons, MBA, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229.

Funding/support: This project was funded in part by HRSA grant #U38MC22218 and NIH grant #K07HL108720-03.

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