Surgical Synergy: Assessing Care Coordination in Pediatric Surgical Referral Programs

In brief

This study examines care coordination challenges in specialized pediatric surgical referral programs where patients receive complex surgical care far from home. The research identifies gaps in post-discharge practices from multiple stakeholder perspectives, offering insights to improve coordination as these geographically distributed care models become more prevalent.

• Pediatric surgical referral programs increasingly provide care far from patients' homes, creating coordination challenges.
• Care coordination gaps exist across stakeholder perspectives in specialized pediatric surgical programs.
• Post-discharge practices need optimization when complex pediatric surgery occurs at distant referral centers.
• Understanding differing stakeholder views is key to improving care transitions in pediatric surgical referrals.

Written by the GCMD Library team from the article.