Pedia Pain Focus

The pandemic has forced the healthcare industry to leverage its resources in order to better adapt and combat the new challenges it has brought. This also inspired us in healthcare to take a closer look at how we can utilize the available technology more effectively and efficiently.   In this episode, Dr. Rashmi Bhandari, PhD, a pediatric pain psychologist at Stanford University, shares the instrumental role of learning health systems for improved outcomes when treating children's pain. Dr. Bhandari believes that decisions about appropriate treatments are dependent on accurate data.    She’ll talk about how big data plays in the management of children’s pain and for improving treatment outcomes for all involved. We will also compare and contrast some of the aspects of CHOIR with other databases and registries.   Listen to this episode as we explore the patient outcomes based database and data registries as well as the highlights of some of Dr. Rashmi’s work and contribution in the area of utilizing databases