Improving children’s sleep, hospital access, and heart failure treatment

This cluster highlights connected efforts to strengthen pediatric health, from everyday wellbeing to complex cardiac care. A brief educational video explains evidence-based sleep guidelines and why healthy sleep is critical for child development. At the system level, a new CoxHealth partnership with St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University expands access to inpatient pediatric services on the city’s south side. In parallel, a clinical trial of vericiguat in children with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction reflects growing research focus on safer, more effective therapies tailored to pediatric patients.