Dr. Jason Knight Archives - CHOC Children's Health

Leveraging technology to help critically ill children with rare diseases

Though facing a rare disease, Oliver and his family found a diagnosis and hope at CHOC through the help of rapid whole-genome sequencing.

Augustina, age 14, spent nearly two months in intensive care at CHOC Hospital fighting COVID-19 before going home.

When Rayann was 16 months old, he caught what seemed like a cold. Soon, he was in CHOC’s pediatric intensive care unit fighting for his life.

Miranda woke up screaming in the middle of the night from unbearable head pain. She couldn’t move or recognize her parents, & then collapsed.

Telemedicine, also sometimes called telehealth, is the delivery of health care services using telecommunications or electronic technology.

This video offers a demonstration of telemedicine, a remarkable technology that is advancing how CHOC physicians practice medicine.

Thanks to the power of telemedicine, CHOC Children’s physicians are able to remotely assess and monitor a patient from miles away.