title: Adding pediatric hospitalists speeds discharge process, improves continuity of care.
abstract: Pediatric hospitalists are an essential ingredient in some revamped pediatric units. Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA, attributes reduced length of stay in its pediatrics unit in part to its use of a group of pediatric hospitalists. Find out the benefits of such a program and how it works.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics; D020445:Hospitalists; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D010351:Patient Discharge; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010372:Pediatrics; D010414:Pennsylvania; D000078329:Workforce