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December 2011 | childrenshospital.org

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	ALICE electronic whiteboard To improve efficiency over the current dry-erase whiteboard system on the inpatient units, Children's created an electronic whiteboard, ALICE (Aggregated Local Information Collected Electronically).


	Children's welcomes new Neurosurgeon-in-Chief At the end of October 2011, R. Michael Scott, MD, stepped down as Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Children's after 23 years. Children's welcomes an equally impressive pediatric neurosurgeon, Alan Cohen, MA, FACS, FAAP, an expert in pediatric brain tumor surgery and a leader in the field of minimally invasive neurosurgery.


	Time is of the essence in motor nerve injuries Patients with serious motor nerve injuries may regain sensory function, but rarely recover full muscle function and strength. Neuroscientists at Children's now show why—and provide evidence that a "wait and see" approach may reduce the chances of recovery. Think locally when treating individually A patient's risk of infection with a communicable disease like strep throat depends on the disease's local incidence: the number of people in a given area infected with it in a given time period. However, when seeing patients, primary care doctors rarely have access to the real-time, population-level biosurveillance data that would give them this kind of awareness.


	Bariatric surgery An increasing number of children and teens struggle with obesity. For some, diet, exercise and behavioral changes aren't sufficient to help them attain a healthy weight. Pediatric Views sat down with pediatric surgeon Bradley C. Linden, MD, director of the Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program at Children's, to learn more about bariatric surgery and how it is used to help obese children and teens.


	Pediatric Cancer Risk Program The Pediatric Cancer Risk Program at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center provides multidisciplinary consultative care to patients and their families whose condition or family history suggests an increased risk of cancer. The program offers patients access to expert pediatric geneticists, genetic counselors and other specialists at Children's, as well as world-renowned pediatric oncologists from Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center.


	Voiding problems Difficulty with urinary continence can negatively impact children's self-esteem and can be a significant source of stress for families. Carlos R. Estrada, Jr., MD, director of Children's Hospital Boston's Voiding Improvement Program (VIP), discusses the causes of these issues in children and the available treatment options.

News Notes

Children's and SSH: Providing pediatric emergency service 24/7
Children's shines as Top Places to Work
CVP to be first novel organization within Children's
NRC Picker recognizes Children's commitment to improving the patient experience
President Obama honors outstanding early-career scientists from Children's and DFCI

CME Calendar
Names & Faces
Clinical Trials

Study of intracranial dynamics in children with hydrocephalus or a cerebrovascular condition
Vancomycin loading dose study
Study of lovastatin in children with neurofibromatosis type I

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