Matt Garber MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Hospitalists at the University of Southern California, discusses the VIP or Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Network, a grassroots effort by 5 pediatric hospitalists to collect and analyze data from hospitals across the US, and benchmark hospitals that do well with processes and outcomes.

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