Trauma-informed care in pediatrics

<p>Join Wendy L. Hunter, a pediatrician, as she shares a powerful story about a teenage girl found alone, having a seizure outside her clinic's front door. This incident prompted Wendy to explore trauma-informed care in her practice. Discover how Wendy's clinic implemented changes, such as using risk-scoring tools and community health workers, to provide holistic support to patients. Learn why incorporating trauma-informed principles is essential for all medical clinics, as Wendy sheds light on the transformative impact it can have on patient care.</p> <p><a href="https://www.babyscience.info/about-wendy-hunter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wendy L. Hunter</a> is a pediatrician.</p> <p>She discusses the KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/07/how-a-teenager-with-seizures-became-the-face-of-trauma-informed-care.html">How a teenager with seizures became the face of trauma-informed care</a>."</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>Ambient intelligence augments human capabilities to make our lives easier. The applications are many, especially in health care. Ambient clinical intelligence is offsetting the most pressing challenges in health care today, such as burnout, physician shortages, physician and patient dissatisfaction, and underperforming financial outcomes, by applying the technology to clinical documentation. </em></p> <p><em>The Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience, or DAX for short, utilizes artificial intelligence and natural language processing to automatically document care. It securely listens to and captures the natural, clinician-patient encounter conversation unobtrusively, and turns that conversation into a clinical note for the clinician's review an