The Second Decade of Hospital Pediatrics

Abstract

What a remarkable decade for the journal and the field of pediatric hospital medicine. Catalyzed by the wonderful and visionary work of Dr Jennifer Daru and colleagues several years before, the first official, fully peer-reviewed issue of Hospital Pediatrics debuted 10 years ago. Looking back at that issue, I am struck by how July of 2011 seems both recent and a lifetime ago. So many of the defining characteristics of our field are in the inaugural issue: a wariness that more antibiotics are not better care, 1 a recognition that nontailored practices in hospital care are unlikely to reduce health disparities, 2 an evaluation of gaps in the complex and multistakeholder process of family-centered rounds, 3 and (gulp) a debate about the field pursuing formal subspecialty status. 4