A Look at Children’s from 1978 to Today
By Angie Iannazzone, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner My Children’s adventure began in June 1978 as a new graduate nurse asking the nursing director to hire me. Her policy was not to hire new nurses, but...
View ArticleFightin’ John
By Julie Gamull, John’s Mom It was the worst two weeks of my life. On the afternoon of Dec. 4, 2012, I took my 3-week-old son, John, to the pediatrician for a routine weight check. John had the winter...
View ArticleDear Mommy and Daddy, Your Visit Made My Day
By Lori Schuyler-Hickey, Clinical Educator, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Kaden Shivers turned four months old on July 28, and he did it in the NICU at Egleston. Born at 26 weeks gestation and...
View ArticleThe Hospital is My Classroom
By Ginger Armstrong, School Program Coordinator As a new-graduate teacher, you embark on your career with the hope that you’ll make an impact on young lives. What I didn’t expect was how much of an...
View ArticleEvery Child Deserves…
By Meg Flynn, Managing Editor of Dedicated to All Better All children deserve the joys of childhood. Piggyback rides, tree climbs, dance recitals, birthday parties. And in the case of my family, a firm...
View ArticleBrother and Sister Therapy Dogs
By Jeff Cochran, Staff Writer When brother and sister see each other after a week-long absence, they act as if it has been years. They run and jump. They smile and hug. They bark and sniff. Lancelot...
View ArticlePediatric Urgent CareWait Times on Demand
By Robert Massey, Business Intelligence Architect, Children’s Information Services and Technology (IS&T) Team At Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, our five Urgent Care Centers recently started...
View ArticleA Mother’s Thanks
By Natalie Moore, Lily’s Mom Six years ago today, my family and I were preparing to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital. My youngest daughter, Lily, was recovering from open heart surgery. It was eerily...
View ArticleUncharted Territory: Establishing a Clinically Integrated Network
What inspires you as a primary care pediatrician? The passion that pediatric clinicians have for their work, and for their patients—it’s hard to explain. We practice a different type of medicine, I...
View ArticleClinical Integration—It Isn’t a Destination, It’s a Work in Progress
Although our current pediatric cardiology practice has been around for nearly a quarter century, it only has been in recent years that new trends in the healthcare environment have tested our ability...
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