Research Commitment
The Foster Health lab’s methods span traditional health services research, health care policy analysis, quality measurement development, and health service innovation and implementation.
To realize innovative patient and family-centered health care delivery, the lab partners with patient-families from project design through implementation.
Project foci to-date:
- In-home pediatric health care delivery using patient generated health-data (PGHD) & remote home monitoring (RHM)
- Evaluation of government regulations and health care programs administering pediatric home health care and paid family caregiving
- Development of validated quality measurement of pediatric home health care
- Evaluation and expansion of local pediatric home and community services programming
- Impact of caregiving on family economy and wellbeing
Key Publications
Here you will find the latest publications from the Foster Health Lab categorized by year of publication from 2016 to present.
2024
Providing Equitable Medical Care for Children at Home: Federal Law and State Policy
Coleman CL, Grusin SL, Foster CC. “Providing Equitable Medical Care for Children at Home: Federal Law and State Policy.” Lucile Packard Foundation Children’s Health. 2024 May 14.
2023
Characteristics of Medicaid Policies for Children with Medical Complexity by State.
Kusma J, Davis MM, Foster CC. “Characteristics of Medicaid Policies for Children with Medical Complexity by State.” JAMA Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2239270. PMID: 36315145 Underline denotes mentee paper (primary mentor role)
Children with medical complexity and mental/behavioral disorders in the emergency department.
Ramgopal S, Goodman G, Kan K, Foster CC. “Children with medical complexity and mental/behavioral disorders in the emergency department.” Hospital Pediatrics. 2022 Dec 6:e2022006835. PMID: 36472088 Underline denotes mentee paper (primary mentor role)
Foster CC, Blackwell CK, Kan K, Morales L, Cella D, Shaunfield S. “Parental Self-Efficacy Managing a Child’s Medications and Treatments: Adaptation of a PROMIS Measure.” Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 2023 Feb 3;7(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s41687-023-00549-z. PMID: 36735145
Foster CC, Kwon S, Blakely C, Carter K, Sobotka S, Goodman D, Agrawal R, Brittan M. Paying Family Medical Caregivers for Children’s Home Healthcare in Colorado: A Working Medicaid Model.” Journal of Pediatrics. 2023 Feb 10;S0022-3476(23)00106-3. PMID: 36775189
Access and Quality of Pediatric Home Healthcare: A Systematic Review
Foster CC, Morales L, Fawcett A, Coleman C. Access and Quality of Pediatric Home Healthcare: A Systematic Review. Home Health Care Management & Practice. First published online April 17, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/10848223231167878.
Predictors for Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation Duration in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Foster CC, Noreen P, Grage J, Kwon S, Hird-McCorry L, Janus A, Davis M, Goodman D, Laguna T. “Predictors for Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation Duration in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.” Pediatric Pulmonology. 2023 Jul;58(7):2085-2093. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26437. Epub 2023 Apr 28. PMID: 37114844
Co-Design of Remote Data Collection for Chronic Management of Pediatric Home Mechanical Ventilation.
Foster CC, Kaat AJ, Shah AV, Hodgson C, Hird-McCorry LP, Janus A, Swanson P, Massey LF, DE Sonia A, Cella D, Goodman D, Davis M, Laguna TA. “Co-Design of Remote Data Collection for Chronic Management of Pediatric Home Mechanical Ventilation.” Pediatric Pulmonology. Accepted for publication August 19, 2023.
2022
Remote Monitoring of Patient and Family Generated Health Data in Pediatrics.
Foster CC, Schinasi D, Kristin K, Michelle M, Wheeler D, Curfman A. “Remote Monitoring of Patient and Family Generated Health Data in Pediatrics.” Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 1;149(2):e2021054137. PMID: 35102417
Baca JE, Foster CC, Simon NJ, Lorenz D, Gregg ME, Schinasi DA. Children’s Hospital Transfers from Referring Emergency Departments: Which Patients Bypassed the Pediatric ED? Pediatric Emergency Care. 2022 Mar 1;38(3):e1046-e1052. PMID: 35226629
Dallas A, Ryan A, Mestan K, Helner K, Foster CC. Family and Provider Experiences with Longitudinal Care Coordination for Infants with Medical Complexity. Advances in Neonatal Care. 2022 Jul 4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35797366
Kwon S, O’Neill M, Foster C. The Associations of Child’s Clinical Conditions and Behavioral Problems with Parenting Stress among Families of Preschool-Aged Children: 2018-2019 National Survey of Child Health. Children (Basel) 2022 Feb; 9(2): 241. Published online 2022 Feb 11. PMCID: PMC8869988.
Employing Family Caregivers: An Innovative Healthcare Model.
Carter K, Blakely C, Zuk J, Brittan M, Foster C. Employing Family Caregivers: An Innovative Healthcare Model. Pediatrics. May 5th, 2022: e2021054273. PMID 35641467. Underline denotes mentee paper (primary mentor role)
PediHome: Development of a Family-Reported Measure of Pediatric Home Healthcare Quality.
Foster CC, Kaat AJ, Shaunfield S, Lin E, Coleman C, Storey M, Morales L, Davis M. PediHome: Development of a Family-Reported Measure of Pediatric Home Healthcare Quality. Acad Pediatr 2022 Apr 16;S1876-2859(22)00227-3. PMID 35439604.
Black L, Shaunfield S, Labellarte PH, Gaebler-Spira D, Foster CC. “Physical and Environmental Barriers to Mobility and Participation in Children with Medical Complexity.” Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2022 May 24:99228221099097. PMID: 35610774. Underline denotes mentee paper (primary mentor role)
At-Home End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Measurement in Children with Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation.
Foster CC, Kwon S, Shah A, Hodgson CA, Hird-McCorry LP, Janus A,. Jedraszko AM, Swanson P, Davis MM, Goodman DM, Laguna TA. “At-Home End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Measurement in Children with Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation.” Pediatric Pulm, 2022 Aug 12. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26092. PMID: 35959530.
2021
Foster CC, Fuentes MM, Wadlington L, Jacob-Files E, Desai AD, Simon TD, Mangione-Smith R. “Caregiver and Provider Experiences of Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy for Children with Medical Complexity.” Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2021; 14(3): 505-516. PMID 33935115.
Trends in Technology Assistance Among Patients with Childhood Onset Chronic Conditions.
Boggs EF, Foster CC, Shah PC, Goodman DM, Hall M, and Garfield CF. “Trends in Technology Assistance Among Patients with Childhood Onset Chronic Conditions.” Hospital Pediatrics. 2021 Jul;11(7):711-719. PMID 34078644.
Schinasi DA, Foster CC, Bohling MK, Barrera L, Macy ML. Attitudes and Perceptions of Telemedicine in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of Naïve Healthcare Providers. Front Pediatr. 2021 Apr 7;9:647937. PMID: 33898361
Parent Experiences with Electronic Medication Monitoring in Pediatric Asthma: A Qualitative Study.
Kan K, Shaunfield S, Kanaley M, Chadha A, Boon K, Foster CC, Morales L, Labellarte P, Vojta D, Gupta RS. Parent Experiences with Electronic Medication Monitoring in Pediatric Asthma: A Qualitative Study. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2021 Apr 23;4(2):e25811. doi: 10.2196/25811. PMID: 33890861
Children with Special Health Care Needs and Forgone Family Employment.
Foster CC, Chorniy A, Kwon S, Kan K, Heard-Garris N, Davis MM. “Children with Special Health Care Needs and Forgone Family Employment.” Pediatrics. 2021 Aug 25; 148(2)8/25/21. PMID 34433691.
Foster CC, Shaunfield S, Black LE, Labellarte PZ, Davis MM. Improving Support for Care at Home: Parental Needs and Preferences When Caring for Children with Medical Complexity. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 2021 Oct 20;S0891-5245(20)30227-3. PMID: 34688541.
Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Among Infants with Prolonged Neonatal Intensive Care Stays.
Rubinos L, Foster CC, Machut K, Snyder A, Simpser E, Hall M, Casto E, Berry J. Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Among Infants with Prolonged Neonatal Intensive Care Stays. Journal of Perinatology. 2021 Nov 23. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34815520.
2020
Foster CC, Macy ML, Simon NJ, Stephen R, Lehnig K, Bohling K, Schinasi DA. “Emergency Care Connect: Extending Pediatric Emergency Care Expertise to General Emergency Departments through Telemedicine.” Acad Pediatr. 2020 Jul;20(5):577-584. PMID: 32112864.
Caregiver and Provider Experiences of Home Healthcare Quality for Children with Medical Complexity.
Foster CC, Fuentes MM, Wadlington L, Jacob-Files E, Desai AD, Simon TD, Mangione-Smith R. “Caregiver and Provider Experiences of Home Healthcare Quality for Children with Medical Complexity.” Home Healthcare Now. 2020 May/Jun;38(3):138-146. PMID: 32358441.
Social Determinants of Health and Emergency and Hospital Use by Children with Chronic Disease.
Foster CC, Simon TD, Qu P, Holmes P, Chang J, Ramos J, Koutlas A, Rivara FP, Melzer SM, Mangione-Smith R. “Social Determinants of Health and Emergency and Hospital Use by Children with Chronic Disease.” Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Jun;10(6):471-480. PMID: 32423995.
Wang G, Wignall J, Kinard D, Singh V, Foster CC, Adams S, Pratt W, Desai AD. An Implementation Model for Managing Cloud-Based Longitudinal Care Plans for Children with Medical Complexity. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2020 Nov 5:ocaa207. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa207. PMID: 33150404.
Foster CC, Steltzer M, Synder A, Alden A, Helner K, Schinasi DA, Bohling K, Allen K. Integrated Multimodality Telemedicine to Enhance In-Home Care of Infants During the Interstage Period. Pediatric Cardiology. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Oct 20: 1–12 ahead of print; 2021 Feb;42(2):39-360 print. PMID: 33079264.
Varma S, Schinasi DA, Ponczek J, Baca J, Simon NJ, Foster CC, Davis MM, Macy M. Retrospective Study of Children Transferred from General Emergency Departments to a Pediatric Emergency Department: Which Transfers Are Potentially Amenable to Telemedicine? J Pediatr. 2020 Nov 2:S0022-3476(20)31369-X. PMID: 33152370
2019
Attributable Delay of Discharge for Children with Long-term Mechanical Ventilation.
Sobotka SA, Foster CC, Lynch E, Hirt-McCorry LH, Goodman DM. “Attributable Delay of Discharge for Children with Long-term Mechanical Ventilation.” J Pediatr. 2019 Sep;212:166-171. PMID: 31153586.
Foster CC, Agrawal RK, Davis MM. “Home Healthcare for Children and Youth with Medical Complexity: Workforce Gaps, Policy Challenges, and Future Directions.” Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Jun;38(6):987-993. PMID: 31158008.
Foster CC, Kwon SK, Whitlow L, Cullen CP, Agrawal RK, Goodman G, Davis MM. “Connecting Hospital to Home: Characteristics of and Re-hospitalization Rates in Hospitalized Children with Private Duty Nursing.” Hosp Pediatr. 2019 Jul;9(7):530-537. PMID: 31189643.
2017
Foster CC, Jacob-Files E, Arthur KC, Hillman SA, Mangione-Smith, R. “Provider Perspectives of High Quality Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions for Children and Youth with Chronic Disease.” Hosp Pediatr. 2017 Nov;7(11):649-659. PMID: 29038132.
2016
Flanagan MR, ±Foster CC, Schleyer A, Peterson GN, Mandell SP, Rudd KE, Joyner BD, Payne T. “Aligning Institutional Priorities: Engaging Housestaff in a Quality Improvement and Safety Initiative to Fulfill Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Guidelines and Electronic Medical Record Meaningful Use Requirements.” Am J Surg. 2016 Feb;211(2):390-7. PMID: 26687964. ± denotes shared first authorship
Caring for Children with Medical Complexity: Perspectives of Primary Care Providers.
Foster CC, Mangione-Smith R, Simon TD. “Caring for Children with Medical Complexity: Perspectives of Primary Care Providers.” J Pediatr. 2016 Dec 2; 182: 275–282. PMID: 27916424.