title: The emergency physician and the office-based pediatrician: an EMSC team. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
abstract: In a quality and cost-conscious health care environment, the pediatrician and emergency physician must work as a team. This statement clarifies important issues of this relationship, including coordination of patient care, communication between clinicians, provision of continuity care, and responsibility for quality emergency care.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010372:Pediatrics; D011787:Quality of Health Care