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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Pediatric training programs are faced with rapid, fundamental changes in hospital practice and an increasingly rigorous regulatory and fiscal environment. Traditional models for providing care and teaching students and house officers may not be sufficiently responsive to these challenges. In 1986, the Department of Medicine at Children's Hospital, Boston, reorganized the general inpatient program and implemented a "service chief" system adapted from British hospital "firms." Three age-based inpatient services (Thomas Morgan Rotch infant/toddler service, Kenneth Daniel Blackfan school-age service, and Charles Alderson Janeway adolescent/young adult service) were created, each headed by an experienced clinician and teacher (service chief). The service chiefs developed age-appropriate curricula, recruited a balanced faculty of generalists and specialists to serve as attending physicians and provide teaching in their areas of expertise, and established strong collaborative relationships with nurse managers on their respective wards. Implementation of the service chief system has been associated with development of faculty esprit de corps, standardized tracking of faculty performance, enhanced supervision and counseling of housestaff, and improved continuity of patient care. Relationships with referring physicians have improved dramatically, as measured by formal satisfaction surveys. Accountability and documentation have been emphasized, and departmental billings have increased sharply. Ongoing quality indicators have been developed, and collaborative patient care, teaching, and quality-improvement projects have been initiated with the nursing staff. Naming the services for distinguished past physicians-in-chief has provided a focus for fund-raising.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
601-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Accreditation, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Boston, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Child, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Continuity of Patient Care, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Cost-Benefit Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Faculty, Medical, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Hospitals, Pediatric, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Hospitals, Teaching, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Internship and Residency, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Medical Staff, Hospital, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Nursing Staff, Hospital, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Pediatrics, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Quality of Health Care, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Referral and Consultation, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Reimbursement Mechanisms, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Risk Management, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Staff Development, pubmed-meshheading:1557238-Teaching
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A service chief model for general pediatric inpatient care and residency training.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article