Pediatric Hospitalist Co-management of Neurosurgery Patients Reduces Readmissions

Autor: Johana Pena, Andrea Hadley, Rachel Danielle Fisher, Christina Pries, Casey Madura, Martina Keeler
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Section on Hospital Medicine Program.
Popis: Background: A pediatric neurosurgery and hospitalist co-management program cooperates as one team to care for complex pediatric neurosurgery patients in the ward setting. Surgical co-management, or shared responsibility for patients between hospitalists and surgeons, has shown potential to improve quality of care metrics including cost, length of stay, readmissions, and complication rates. Most pediatric hospitalists engage in co-management with surgeons, yet pediatric neurosurgical co-management has not been studied as an improvement strategy. Methodology: We aimed to develop and implement a novel pediatric neurosurgery and hospitalist co-management program by October 31, 2019. Our program …
Databáze: OpenAIRE