Society for Pediatric Sedation - SPS
About the organization
The Society for Pediatric Sedation® is dedicated to promoting safe, high quality pediatric procedural sedation care. Since its inception in the early 2000’s, the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC) has gathered data from a number of participating institutions to provide baseline information on sedation outcomes. Moving forward, we are striving to define and develop metrics for quality in pediatric sedation utilizing the framework of the Institute of Medicine’s 6 Aims of Quality.
Additionally, SPS has created many resources to help providers and institutions to establish and continually improve their sedation practices.
The Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC) was created in 2003, under the leadership of Dr. Joe Cravero and Dr. George Blike though a grant from the National Patient Safety Foundation. The PSRC is a collaborative group of institutions dedicated to improving sedation practice through sharing of prospective observational outcome data on pediatric procedural sedation encounters. The consortium began with 35 institutional members and has continued to grow.
Interested institutions have the opportunity to participate in ongoing data collection via institutional membership in the SPS. Through ongoing data collection and storage through the Columbia University Statistical Analysis Center, member institutions of the SPS/PSRC can generate live and up-to-date reports of their current and aggregate sedation performance as well as the performance of the entire consortium for quality benchmarking.
The PSRC database has collected over 600,000 pediatric procedural sedation encounters to date. Findings from this data have generated numerous scientific publications and abstracts.
The Society for Pediatric Sedation® is dedicated to promoting safe, high quality pediatric procedural sedation care. Since its inception in the early 2000’s, the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC) has gathered data from a number of participating institutions to provide baseline information on sedation outcomes. Moving forward, we are striving to define and develop metrics for quality in pediatric sedation utilizing the framework of the Institute of Medicine’s 6 Aims of Quality.
Additionally, SPS has created many resources to help providers and institutions to establish and continually improve their sedation practices.
The Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC) was created in 2003, under the leadership of Dr. Joe Cravero and Dr. George Blike though a grant from the National Patient Safety Foundation. The PSRC is a collaborative group of institutions dedicated to improving sedation practice through sharing of prospective observational outcome data on pediatric procedural sedation encounters. The consortium began with 35 institutional members and has continued to grow.
Interested institutions have the opportunity to participate in ongoing data collection via institutional membership in the SPS. Through ongoing data collection and storage through the Columbia University Statistical Analysis Center, member institutions of the SPS/PSRC can generate live and up-to-date reports of their current and aggregate sedation performance as well as the performance of the entire consortium for quality benchmarking.
The PSRC database has collected over 600,000 pediatric procedural sedation encounters to date. Findings from this data have generated numerous scientific publications and abstracts.
Past events
2024 Society for Pediatric Sedation Conference (SPS 2024) Thursday, September 19, 2024 - Saturday, September 21, 2024 | Boston United States
The Annual Conference is a great way to get more involved in SPS this year. Meet our speakers, ask questions, and network. And don’t forget to join us during our committee meetings. All are welcome.