Paul H. Dworkin, MD serves as executive vice president for community child health at Connecticut Children’s, director of Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health, and founding director of the Help Me Grow National Center. Dr. Dworkin is also a professor of pediatrics at UConn School of Medicine. […]
At Connecticut Children’s, we focus not only on the medical and surgical needs of our patients, but also on addressing family and community needs to promote overall well-being. Our community-focused initiatives directly address needs identified during our triennial Community Health Needs Assessments, and we report the results of […]
We are excited to share our newly published 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment. The report is a bedrock document for Connecticut Children’s and our Office for Community Child Health. It summarizes expansive community health data into concise critical community health needs. It also provides clear recommendations to drive […]
Pediatric residents from the UConn School of Medicine spend three years at Connecticut Children’s honing their clinical skills during rotations in ambulatory, inpatient, and subspecialty care. All of our residents also learn the importance of promoting health and well-being by taking part in a community longitudinal elective. In […]
Pediatric providers are increasingly recognizing the dominant impact of social, environmental, and behavioral factors on children’s health, development, and well-being. An important focus on health equity and the impact of adverse social determinants demand providers’ best efforts to identify and address families’ needs. As a result, many organizations […]
By: Karen Rubin, MD Connecticut Children’s is embracing new technology to strengthen pediatric primary care by ensuring subspecialists in certain clinical areas are available to community-based pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) through electronic consultations, or e-consults. How E-Consults Work Now becoming more popular around the country, e-consults mark […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD The Old Testament seems an unlikely source for inspiration on healthcare reform. Nonetheless, the admittedly commonplace quote, “….a little child shall lead them,” (Isaiah 11:6) may be regarded as applicable to our state’s notable efforts to achieve health care transformation through a series […]
Are we working toward building healthcare or building health for children? It’s a key question posed by Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH throughout his presentation as the featured speaker at the 7th annual Dworkin Lecture in Hartford. The Pediatrics Grand Rounds session honors Paul H. Dworkin, MD, Connecticut Children’s […]
