UCSF Center for Healthcare Value - Caring Wisely 2.0

Crowd-sourcing innovative cost savings ideas from the front lines of care delivery systems

Integration of Pediatric Specialty Services

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For UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - integrate surgical services (orthopedics, urology, surgery) into primary hospitalist (purple and orange) teams.  This will enable physicians whom are on the pediatric floors to serve as the primary teams, with the surgical services consulting. This change would allow for easier RN communication with physicians whom are more readily accessible than our busy surgeons. Surgeons would, of course, continue to be involved in decision making for their patients but it would reduce the burden of needing to make medication changes and meet regularly with families. This could also enable faster discharges. Our families would also have a physician more readily accesible to answer questions and provide support, improving patient satisfaction. 

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