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What if hospital-level pediatric care didn’t require staying in the hospital? Jane Mericle, DNP, MHS-CL, BSN, RN, CENP, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Patient Operations Officer, Nemours Children's Health, and Christopher Beaty, MSN, NE-BC, Vice President, Operational Innovation, Nemours Children's Health, discuss Nemours Children’s Advanced Care at Home program, a 24/7, virtually supported model that helps medically stable children recover at home sooner.
They share how this technology-enabled approach reduces emergency visits and readmissions, supports families and redefines pediatric hospitalization by delivering the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
Featuring:
Jane Mericle, DNP, MHS-CL, BSN, RN, CENP, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Patient Operations Officer, Nemours Children's Health
Christopher Beaty, MSN, NE-BC, Vice President, Operational Innovation, Nemours Children's Health
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar
00:00 Welcome to Well Beyond Medicine
00:36 Rethinking Pediatric Hospitalization
01:44 What Is Advanced Care At Home?
03:39 Why Kids Heal Better at Home
04:59 The Problem This Program Solves
05:53 Reducing Burden + Preventing Readmissions
08:51 Bridging the Gap After Discharge
09:32 From Virtual Nursing to At-Home Care
11:25 Expanding Access Beyond Hospital Walls
11:58 How This Differs from “Hospital at Home”
14:43 Clinical Trust: What Had to Be True
16:10 Nurses + Families Shaped the Model
19:24 Connecting the Full Care Team
20:45 कौन Qualifies for At-Home Pediatric Care?
23:26 Is It Safe? How Risk Is Managed
26:13 Family Experience + Real Testimonials
28:20 Is This the Future of Hospitalization?
29:44 What’s Next: Scaling Nationwide
Thanks for listening to Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children’s Health Podcast. How do you go well beyond medicine in your own life or community? How do you celebrate it?
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Your message could be featured in a future episode.
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Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children’s Health Podcast explores children’s health, pediatric care, health equity, mental health, social determinants of health, and health care innovation—from food security and community-based care to meeting families where they are with accessible health and wellness resources. We highlight the people and ideas shaping the future of pediatric health care and building the healthiest generations of children ever.
#WellBeyondMedicine #NemoursChildrensHealth #Pediatrics #ChildrensHealth #HealthEquity #HealthcareInnovation #MentalHealth #socialdeterminantsofhealth
What if hospital-level pediatric care didn’t require staying in the hospital? Jane Mericle, DNP, MHS-CL, BSN, RN, CENP, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Patient Operations Officer, Nemours Children's Health, and Christopher Beaty, MSN, NE-BC, Vice President, Operational Innovation, Nemours Children's Health, discuss Nemours Children’s Advanced Care at Home program, a 24/7, virtually supported model that helps medically stable children recover at home sooner.
They share how this technology-enabled approach reduces emergency visits and readmissions, supports families and redefines pediatric hospitalization by delivering the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
Featuring:
Jane Mericle, DNP, MHS-CL, BSN, RN, CENP, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Patient Operations Officer, Nemours Children's Health
Christopher Beaty, MSN, NE-BC, Vice President, Operational Innovation, Nemours Children's Health
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar
00:00 Welcome to Well Beyond Medicine
00:36 Rethinking Pediatric Hospitalization
01:44 What Is Advanced Care At Home?
03:39 Why Kids Heal Better at Home
04:59 The Problem This Program Solves
05:53 Reducing Burden + Preventing Readmissions
08:51 Bridging the Gap After Discharge
09:32 From Virtual Nursing to At-Home Care
11:25 Expanding Access Beyond Hospital Walls
11:58 How This Differs from “Hospital at Home”
14:43 Clinical Trust: What Had to Be True
16:10 Nurses + Families Shaped the Model
19:24 Connecting the Full Care Team
20:45 कौन Qualifies for At-Home Pediatric Care?
23:26 Is It Safe? How Risk Is Managed
26:13 Family Experience + Real Testimonials
28:20 Is This the Future of Hospitalization?
29:44 What’s Next: Scaling Nationwide
Thanks for listening to Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children’s Health Podcast. How do you go well beyond medicine in your own life or community? How do you celebrate it?
🎙️ Share your story or leave us a voicemail: speakpipe.com/NemoursWellBeyond
Your message could be featured in a future episode.
🌐 Listen to more episodes and explore the podcast: nemourswellbeyond.org
📩 Sign up for our monthly newsletter for new episodes, stories, and updates: nemourswellbeyond.org/news
Follow Nemours Children’s Health:
Instagram: instagram.com/nemours
X (Twitter): twitter.com/Nemours
Facebook: facebook.com/Nemours
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/nemours
Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children’s Health Podcast explores children’s health, pediatric care, health equity, mental health, social determinants of health, and health care innovation—from food security and community-based care to meeting families where they are with accessible health and wellness resources. We highlight the people and ideas shaping the future of pediatric health care and building the healthiest generations of children ever.
#WellBeyondMedicine #NemoursChildrensHealth #Pediatrics #ChildrensHealth #HealthEquity #HealthcareInnovation #MentalHealth #socialdeterminantsofhealth
