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Epidemiology
Clinical Services
The Department of Epidemiology at The Children's Hospital (TCH) and the Department of Pediatrics Section of Epidemiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine were created in 1991 with the mission to employ analytical epidemiology techniques in both academic and clinical environments to improve health care within hospital and community populations.
Infection Control Program
Epidemiology is responsible for The Children's Hospital Infection Control Program, which utilizes surveillance methods to monitor trends in nosocomial infections; microbial and environmental epidemiology techniques; cluster analysis and response; prevention programs; education; and department of health reporting/collaboration.
The Children's Hospital Outcomes Program
Epidemiology is responsible for The Children's Hospital Outcomes Program (CHOP), which utilizes epidemiological techniques to analyze disease trends and outcomes, decrease costs and improve clinical services. In collaboration with the Children's Outcomes Research Program (COR), we actively support outcomes research at TCH.
The Community Health Outcomes Program
The mission of the Community Health Outcomes Program is to improve health outcomes of all children in optimal community practice settings. A major product is the State of the Health of Colorado's Children report that evaluates population-based health outcomes of children in Colorado.
The Community Pediatrics Program
Community Pediatrics seeks to improve the health of Colorado’s children on a population basis, rather than an individual child basis. It works closely with The Section of Epidemiology, which identifies the issues and problems to be addressed.
The mission of the Section of Community Pediatrics is to develop, implement and evaluate new programs and new models of health care for improving the health of Colorado's children; to assist community providers in offering high-quality, cost-effective pediatric health care; and to educate and prepare pediatric trainees in providing comprehensive health care to the increasingly diverse and under-served children of Colorado.
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