The Call for Proposals is Open!

• Identify key strategies and initiatives that have effectively addressed health disparities and promoted health equity in the pediatric healthcare settings, engaging families, and communities as partners.

• Address strategies to mitigate implicit and/or unconscious bias in clinical decision-making, treatment plans and patient interactions to promote a culture of humility and sensitivity among healthcare professionals providing equitable care to diverse patient populations.

Analytic Enhancements

• Leverage analytic insights to identify staffing opportunities, improve staff efficiency, and reduce costs.

• Explore advancements in data analytics and emerging trends to support evidence-based decision-making and enhance clinical effectiveness in children's hospitals.

• Identify and discuss innovative practices to support the behavioral and mental health of children and adolescents including expanding access and enhancing the capacity of healthcare professionals to ensure safety of patients and staff.

• Identify opportunities for integration and collaboration between mental health services, schools, communities as well as other relevant sectors with an emphasis on addressing underlying factors contributing to behavioral and mental health challenges.

• Identify cultures of pediatric clinical excellence and explore various strategies and initiatives to improve pediatric healthcare delivery by sharing best practices, evidence-based guidelines, efficient workflows, care coordination among healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes and experiences.

• Describe and discuss best practices to enhance knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals to promote a culture of health and resilience that improves professionals' health and well-being.

• Identify evolving care models, staffing alternatives and collaborate with healthcare organizations to improve well-being and health outcomes of employees, caregivers, patients and families.