Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine

Pediatric Hospitalist responsibilities

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Most hospitalists’ time are engaged in delivering and coordinating the healthcare for a wide range of conditions affecting hospitalized children. Reports say that patients under the care of hospitalists have decreased duration of stay and lesser associated costs when compared to physicians with principally outpatient responsibilities. The range of services provided by a pediatric hospitalist group is by large dependent on the requirement of the situation and the institution. Also the ability of the group to provide these services is an important factor, which may include the following:

Consultation or short-stay observation unit services| Coordinated, family-centered interdisciplinary admission and discharge planning that includes the essential role of the primary care physician| Delivery room services| General inpatient pediatricare| Newborn nursery care| NICU and PICU coverage| Palliative care| Pediatric emergency department evaluation| Perioperative surgical and medical subspecialty care| Sedation services