BrighT STAR: A Learning Health Community
@brightstarlhc.bsky.social
The BrighT STAR Learning Health Community includes children’s hospitals across the United States and internationally with a common mission to develop and disseminate programs that safely reduce unnecessary testing and treatment and provide high-value care.
📢 Hey BrighT STAR Community, is anyone attending IDWeek 2025? We are here and would love to connect! 😄
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📢 Hey BrighT STAR Community, is anyone attending IDWeek 2025? We are here and would love to connect! 😄
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
🌟 @asicksamuels.bsky.social will be presenting at IDWeek 2025 in Atlanta, GA on October 22! Her session is titled "Driving Better Decisions: Incentivizing Diagnostic Stewardship" at 3:15-4:30pm. Don't miss out on a great session! 🌟 🩺 👏
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🌟 @asicksamuels.bsky.social will be presenting at IDWeek 2025 in Atlanta, GA on October 22! Her session is titled "Driving Better Decisions: Incentivizing Diagnostic Stewardship" at 3:15-4:30pm. Don't miss out on a great session! 🌟 🩺 👏
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
IDWeek 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia is approaching! 🩺 BrighT STAR's @asicksamuels.bsky.social will be in attendance and presenting!
✨ One of her sessions will be on Saturday, 10/18, 1-5pm, titled "Diagnostic Stewardship Course - Building Hospital Programs". ✨
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #LHC
✨ One of her sessions will be on Saturday, 10/18, 1-5pm, titled "Diagnostic Stewardship Course - Building Hospital Programs". ✨
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #LHC
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
IDWeek 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia is approaching! 🩺 BrighT STAR's @asicksamuels.bsky.social will be in attendance and presenting!
✨ One of her sessions will be on Saturday, 10/18, 1-5pm, titled "Diagnostic Stewardship Course - Building Hospital Programs". ✨
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #LHC
✨ One of her sessions will be on Saturday, 10/18, 1-5pm, titled "Diagnostic Stewardship Course - Building Hospital Programs". ✨
#IDWeek #IDWeek2025 #BrighTSTAR #LHC
🔥 Hot off the presses: A diagnostic stewardship study published in JPIDS by BrighT STAR: A Learning Health Community partners @caitlinli.bsky.social, Jena Blumenthal, and @asicksamuels.bsky.social!
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Use and Stewardship of Molecular Testing for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Abstract. Untargeted molecular tests are increasingly available for diagnosis of infectious diseases. In this national survey, plasma metagenomic next-gene
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August 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🔥 Hot off the presses: A diagnostic stewardship study published in JPIDS by BrighT STAR: A Learning Health Community partners @caitlinli.bsky.social, Jena Blumenthal, and @asicksamuels.bsky.social!
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Here we grow again! 🌠
Welcome to the 8 new LIBRA sites that are now a part of our BrighT STAR LHC. LIBRA is a pilot study exploring the impact of different strategies for blood culture reduction in PICUs. #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Welcome to the 8 new LIBRA sites that are now a part of our BrighT STAR LHC. LIBRA is a pilot study exploring the impact of different strategies for blood culture reduction in PICUs. #BrighTSTAR #LHC
August 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Here we grow again! 🌠
Welcome to the 8 new LIBRA sites that are now a part of our BrighT STAR LHC. LIBRA is a pilot study exploring the impact of different strategies for blood culture reduction in PICUs. #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Welcome to the 8 new LIBRA sites that are now a part of our BrighT STAR LHC. LIBRA is a pilot study exploring the impact of different strategies for blood culture reduction in PICUs. #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Urmi Kumar recently presented her ongoing work with @asicksamuels.bsky.social using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to evaluate effective implementation strategies in BrighT STAR stewardship. 🤗 Congratulations on an exciting presentation! #BrighTSTAR #LHC
July 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Urmi Kumar recently presented her ongoing work with @asicksamuels.bsky.social using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to evaluate effective implementation strategies in BrighT STAR stewardship. 🤗 Congratulations on an exciting presentation! #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Our new statistician Nora used BrighT STAR data for her thesis. Through a simulation study, she highlighted thoughtful consideration of data assumptions and estimand selection for planning multi-site quality improvement studies. Welcome to the team Nora! #BrighTSTAR #LHC
July 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our new statistician Nora used BrighT STAR data for her thesis. Through a simulation study, she highlighted thoughtful consideration of data assumptions and estimand selection for planning multi-site quality improvement studies. Welcome to the team Nora! #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Happy summer! Read through our new June 2025 Newsletter to stay updated on what is happening in the BrighT STAR LHC. 🌟 😄 #BrighTSTARLHC #BrighTSTAR #LHC
June 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy summer! Read through our new June 2025 Newsletter to stay updated on what is happening in the BrighT STAR LHC. 🌟 😄 #BrighTSTARLHC #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Our April 2025 Newsletter is here! Read through it to stay updated on what is happening in the BrighT STAR LHC. 🌟 😄
#BrighTSTARLHC #BrighTSTAR #LHC
#BrighTSTARLHC #BrighTSTAR #LHC
May 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our April 2025 Newsletter is here! Read through it to stay updated on what is happening in the BrighT STAR LHC. 🌟 😄
#BrighTSTARLHC #BrighTSTAR #LHC
#BrighTSTARLHC #BrighTSTAR #LHC
BrighT STAR's Dr. Anna Sick-Samuels and Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill presented at the PAS 2025 meeting last week. Congratulations on the multiple successful presentations and workshops! 🌺 ✨ 👏 #BrighTSTARLHC #PAS2025
May 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
BrighT STAR's Dr. Anna Sick-Samuels and Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill presented at the PAS 2025 meeting last week. Congratulations on the multiple successful presentations and workshops! 🌺 ✨ 👏 #BrighTSTARLHC #PAS2025
Finishing off our PAS 2025 🌺 presentation highlights:
Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be presenting, "A Sea of Data Points in an Ocean of Uncertainty: CRP and Procalcitonin in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit", on Saturday, April 26, at 2pm. 🌊 ⚕️ 😄
#PAS2025 #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be presenting, "A Sea of Data Points in an Ocean of Uncertainty: CRP and Procalcitonin in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit", on Saturday, April 26, at 2pm. 🌊 ⚕️ 😄
#PAS2025 #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
April 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Finishing off our PAS 2025 🌺 presentation highlights:
Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be presenting, "A Sea of Data Points in an Ocean of Uncertainty: CRP and Procalcitonin in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit", on Saturday, April 26, at 2pm. 🌊 ⚕️ 😄
#PAS2025 #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be presenting, "A Sea of Data Points in an Ocean of Uncertainty: CRP and Procalcitonin in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit", on Saturday, April 26, at 2pm. 🌊 ⚕️ 😄
#PAS2025 #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC
At the PAS 2025 meeting this weekend, ✨ Dr. Anna Sick-Samuels and ✨ Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be speaking about, "Inflammatory markers to inform antibiotic treatment: the next frontier of diagnostic stewardship?". Make sure to not miss it on Saturday, April 26, 1:00 - 2:30pm. 🌺 ⚕️ 👏
#PAS2025
#PAS2025
April 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
At the PAS 2025 meeting this weekend, ✨ Dr. Anna Sick-Samuels and ✨ Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be speaking about, "Inflammatory markers to inform antibiotic treatment: the next frontier of diagnostic stewardship?". Make sure to not miss it on Saturday, April 26, 1:00 - 2:30pm. 🌺 ⚕️ 👏
#PAS2025
#PAS2025
Continuing our highlights for PAS 2025 🌺, @asicksamuels.bsky.social will be in the pro-con discussion, "Controversies in Infectious Diseases for General Pediatrics: Debates That May Change Your Practice: Inflammatory Markers in the Emergency Room". 🥼 It will be on Sat, 4/26, 10-11:30am. 😄 #PAS2025
April 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Continuing our highlights for PAS 2025 🌺, @asicksamuels.bsky.social will be in the pro-con discussion, "Controversies in Infectious Diseases for General Pediatrics: Debates That May Change Your Practice: Inflammatory Markers in the Emergency Room". 🥼 It will be on Sat, 4/26, 10-11:30am. 😄 #PAS2025
We are highlighting presenting members of our team at PAS 2025! 🌺 On 4/26 at 7am @asicksamuels.bsky.social is presenting "Association between antibiotic treatment & clinical outcomes for patients evaluated for bacterial tracheostomy-associated resp. infection with absent inflammation on Gram stain".
April 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are highlighting presenting members of our team at PAS 2025! 🌺 On 4/26 at 7am @asicksamuels.bsky.social is presenting "Association between antibiotic treatment & clinical outcomes for patients evaluated for bacterial tracheostomy-associated resp. infection with absent inflammation on Gram stain".
PAS 2025 in Hawaii is coming up! 🌺 BrighT STAR's Dr. Anna Sick-Samuels and Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be presenting! ✨ Their joint workshops will be on Sunday, 4/26, 10 - 11:30am, titled "Antimicrobial Stewardship Can be Everybody's Business: Improving Antibiotic Use in Your Specialty". ✨#PAS2025
April 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
PAS 2025 in Hawaii is coming up! 🌺 BrighT STAR's Dr. Anna Sick-Samuels and Dr. Charlotte Woods-Hill will be presenting! ✨ Their joint workshops will be on Sunday, 4/26, 10 - 11:30am, titled "Antimicrobial Stewardship Can be Everybody's Business: Improving Antibiotic Use in Your Specialty". ✨#PAS2025
Since the beginning of BrighT STAR, we've accomplished so much thanks to our great team of collaborators! 😄 With our Respiratory Program nearing its final phase, we are looking towards the future to continue engagement and action! ✨ #BrighTSTAR #LHC
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Since the beginning of BrighT STAR, we've accomplished so much thanks to our great team of collaborators! 😄 With our Respiratory Program nearing its final phase, we are looking towards the future to continue engagement and action! ✨ #BrighTSTAR #LHC
Dell Children’s hosted @asicksamuels.bsky.social for Grand Rounds to discuss the BrighT STAR Respiratory culture stewardship program, a focus at Dell. Since 2018, Dell has been part of ✨BrighT STAR LHC✨, when they began Blood culture stewardship. We look forward to the next 7 years of collaboration!
February 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dell Children’s hosted @asicksamuels.bsky.social for Grand Rounds to discuss the BrighT STAR Respiratory culture stewardship program, a focus at Dell. Since 2018, Dell has been part of ✨BrighT STAR LHC✨, when they began Blood culture stewardship. We look forward to the next 7 years of collaboration!
View our newly published Expert Consensus Statements from our Diagnostic Stewardship for Endotracheal Cultures in Hospitalized Children with Artificial Airways in PCCM! This highlights a starting point for future clinical decision support tools and diagnostic stewardship programs. ✨ #LHC #BrighTSTAR
Diagnostic Stewardship of Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in ... : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
ied Delphi consensus process with expert panelists. Panelists conducted a “pre-survey” to itemize respiratory signs of bacterial LRTI. Round 1 included a literature summary and electronic survey of 50...
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February 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
View our newly published Expert Consensus Statements from our Diagnostic Stewardship for Endotracheal Cultures in Hospitalized Children with Artificial Airways in PCCM! This highlights a starting point for future clinical decision support tools and diagnostic stewardship programs. ✨ #LHC #BrighTSTAR
Having finished up one month in 2025, take a look back at our January BrighT STAR Newsletter! ✨ #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC #BrighTSTAR
February 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Having finished up one month in 2025, take a look back at our January BrighT STAR Newsletter! ✨ #BrighTSTARLHC #LHC #BrighTSTAR
Urmi Kumar presented at the Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health titled, "Perceived facilitators and barrier for implementing diagnostic stewardship of respiratory cultures in PICUs across a multicenter collaborative". ✨ Congratulations on a wonderful poster! #LHC
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Urmi Kumar presented at the Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health titled, "Perceived facilitators and barrier for implementing diagnostic stewardship of respiratory cultures in PICUs across a multicenter collaborative". ✨ Congratulations on a wonderful poster! #LHC
Introducing our very first Thought Bubble Thursday!
December 19, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Introducing our very first Thought Bubble Thursday!
🎉 Urmi Kumar will be presenting a poster, "Perceived facilitators and barrier for implementing diagnostic stewardship of respiratory cultures in PICUs across a multicenter collaborative", this upcoming Monday at 4:15pm! Check out link for location/more info: academyhealth.confex.com/academyhealt...
Perceived facilitators and barriers for implementing diagnostic stewardship of respiratory cultures in PICUs across a multicenter collaborative
Background: Pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) have wide variability and ov...
academyhealth.confex.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:43 PM
🎉 Urmi Kumar will be presenting a poster, "Perceived facilitators and barrier for implementing diagnostic stewardship of respiratory cultures in PICUs across a multicenter collaborative", this upcoming Monday at 4:15pm! Check out link for location/more info: academyhealth.confex.com/academyhealt...
Wondering what is new in BrighT STAR? Take a quick look at our November newsletter! #LearningHealthCommunity
November 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Wondering what is new in BrighT STAR? Take a quick look at our November newsletter! #LearningHealthCommunity
Last Thursday, we held our 1st BrighT STAR Alumni call! After the success of BrighT STAR Blood and Respiratory and our expansion into Europe, we are excited to continue our mission via a larger Learning Health Community. Our work is far from over! #LHC
November 26, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Last Thursday, we held our 1st BrighT STAR Alumni call! After the success of BrighT STAR Blood and Respiratory and our expansion into Europe, we are excited to continue our mission via a larger Learning Health Community. Our work is far from over! #LHC
As a Learning Health Community, we strive to create an environment that allows institutions with common values to tackle shared problems. With BrighT STAR, we take on an academic focus, generating evidence to disseminate to institutions with the aim of helping critically ill children. #LHC
November 25, 2024 at 8:44 PM
As a Learning Health Community, we strive to create an environment that allows institutions with common values to tackle shared problems. With BrighT STAR, we take on an academic focus, generating evidence to disseminate to institutions with the aim of helping critically ill children. #LHC