Posted by ImproveCareNow™ on July 01, 2014
Forrest CB, Margolis P, Seid M, Colletti RB. PEDSnet: How a prototype pediatric learning health system is being expanded into a national network. Health Affairs 2014; 33:1171-7
Except for a few conditions, pediatric disorders are rare diseases. Because of this, no single institution has enough patients to generate adequate sample sizes to produce generalizable knowledge.