Breathing Lessons.

The article presents a profile of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and its care program for children with cystic fibrosis. Introductory details are given overviewing the symptoms, necessary treatments, and demanding nature of the disease. The hospital's self-confrontation with its quality of service to cystic fibrosis patients is then described, noting its rapid improvement after applying several reforming principles. The beneficial practices which the hospital embraced are listed, including evidence-based medicine, collaboration and learning with other medical centers, and the adoption and management of electronic records.