Susan Ditaranto
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
8 Papers
16 Citations
Susan Ditaranto is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychosocial & Pediatric cancer. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications.
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Family psychosocial risk, distress, and service utilization in pediatric cancer: predictive validity of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool.
Melissa A. Alderfer,Melissa A. Alderfer,Ifigenia Mougianis,Lamia P. Barakat,Lamia P. Barakat,David Beele,Susan Ditaranto,Wei-Ting Hwang,Anne T. Reilly,Anne T. Reilly,Anne E. Kazak,Anne E. Kazak +11 more
TL;DR: Stability and predictive validity of PAT psychosocial risk classification with regard to distress, family functioning, and the use of psychossocial services over the first 4 months of treatment are evaluated.
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Multidisciplinary Systems Approach to Chemotherapy Safety: Rebuilding Processes and Holding the Gains
Richard B. Womer,Ellen Tracy,Winson Soo-Hoo,Betsy Bickert,Susan Ditaranto,Jane H. Barnsteiner +5 more
TL;DR: Applying systems change concepts to the inpatient chemotherapy delivery system, this work has achieved an 84% decrease in the number of chemotherapy errors that actually reach patients per 1,000 chemotherapy doses, and has sustained that improvement for 5 years.
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Association of psychosocial risk screening in pediatric cancer with psychosocial services provided
Anne E. Kazak,Anne E. Kazak,Lamia P. Barakat,Lamia P. Barakat,Wei-Ting Hwang,Susan Ditaranto,Daniel Biros,David Beele,Leslie S. Kersun,Leslie S. Kersun,Matthew C. Hocking,Anne F. Reilly,Anne F. Reilly +12 more
TL;DR: It is predicted that screening at diagnosis would be associated with the delivery of more psychosocial services over 8 weeks and that these services would be consistent with Universal, Targeted, or Clinical psychossocial risk level based on the Pediatric Psychosocial Preventative Health Model (PPPHM).
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Using four-phased unit-based patient safety walkrounds to uncover correctable system flaws.
April Taylor,John Chuo,John Chuo,Ana Figueroa-Altmann,Susan Ditaranto,Kathy N. Shaw,Kathy N. Shaw +6 more
TL;DR: A unit-based Patient Safety Leadership Walkrounds (PSWR) model was deployed in six medical/surgical units at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to identify patient safety issues in the clinical microsystem.
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Mucosal Barrier Injury Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: What is the Impact of Standard Prevention Bundles?
Ana M Vaughan,Rachael K. Ross,Margaret Gilman,Lauren Satchell,Susan Ditaranto,Anne F. Reilly,Leslie S. Kersun,Amanda Shanahan,Susan E. Coffin,Julia S. Sammons +9 more
TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a history of the development and use of Nosocomial Infection Management and Disease Control in China and its applications in the context of healthcare and public health.