[April 16, 2014] |
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Washington Hospital Joins Forces with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco to Provide Local Neonatal Specialists at Special Care Nursery
FREMONT, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Babies born at Washington Hospital have access to some of the nation's
finest pediatric care thanks to a new strategic relationship, which
commenced on March 15, with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San
Francisco. The Hospital became an affiliate of UCSF Benioff Children's
Hospital San Francisco to provide southern Alameda County residents with
local access to a team of highly trained neonatologists who will staff
the Washington Special Care Nursery in Fremont. The Washington Special
Care Nursery is an intermediate intensive care unit with nine licensed
beds for infants requiring more intensive medical care. In June 2013,
the Washington Township Health Care District Board of Directors approved
a broad, collaborative relationship with UCSF with the goal of creating
a comprehensive regional health care network that serves both the
current and future needs of the District's residents. This affiliation
with UCSF to provide high quality care to infants with special medical
needs is the latest step in Washington's strategic relationship with
UCSF.
"We're pleased that babies who require a higher level of care can be
treated locally by specialists from UCSF, an institution with a
reputation for providing some of the best neonatal care in the country,"
said Nancy Farber, chief executive officer of Washington Hospital
Healthcare System. "The affiliation with our special care nursery is
another important step toward creating an integrated regional health
care network that provides the communities we serve with local access to
the wide range of resources of an internationally renowned academic
medical center."
The Washington Special Care Nursery has specially trained neonatal
nurses working with UCSF neonatologists to provide care to ill infants
at Washington Hospital. Among the participating UCSF physicians are Yao
Sun, MD, PhD, director of neonatal clinical progras at UCSF, and Gavin
Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD. Dr. Sun also serves as the medical director
of the Washington Special Care Nursery, and with Dr. Henderson, will
provide inpatient consultation at Washington Hospital. Additionally, the
Hospital's neonatal patients who need more specialized care will have
access to UCSF's Benioff Children's Hospital specialists in San
Francisco.
The affiliation also includes the pediatric hospitalist program in which
UCSF physicians will provide around-the-clock consultation for
hospitalized children at Washington, as well as consultation in the
emergency department and emergency response to the delivery room.
"Working more closely with Washington Hospital will provide
opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the care we deliver by
making it easier for patients in Alameda County to see UCSF physicians,"
said Mark R. Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff
Children's Hospital San Francisco. "This relationship builds on our
strategy of forming collaborations with community physicians and
hospitals in order to better serve patients throughout Northern
California."
About Washington Township Health Care District
Washington Township Health Care District is governed by an elected board
of directors. Unlike a municipal or county hospital, Washington
Hospital's operating expenses, research, community programs, and
employee salaries are funded by revenues generated through providing
patient and other health care services. Washington Hospital Healthcare
System includes a 359 acute-care bed hospital; the Taylor McAdam Bell
Neuroscience Institute; The Gamma Knife® Center; Washington Radiation
Oncology Center; Washington Outpatient Surgery Center; Washington
Outpatient Rehabilitation Center; Washington Outpatient Catheterization
Laboratory; Washington Institute for Joint Restoration and Research; the
Institute for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery; and Washington
West, a complex which houses Washington Women's Center, Outpatient
Imaging Center, Sandy Amos R.N. Infusion Center, Washington Urgent Care
and additional outpatient hospital services and administrative
facilities.
About UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco creates an environment
where children and their families find compassionate care at the
forefront of scientific discovery, with more than 150 experts in 50
medical specialties serving patients throughout Northern California and
beyond. The hospital admits about 5,000 children each year, including
2,000 babies born in the hospital. For more information, visit http://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/.
About UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Medical Center consistently ranks as one of the top hospitals in
the United States. Recognized for innovative treatments, advanced
technology, collaboration among health care professionals and
scientists, and a highly compassionate patient care team, UCSF Medical
Center serves as the academic medical center of the University of
California San Francisco. The medical center's nationally preeminent
programs include children's health, the brain and nervous system, organ
transplantation, women's health and cancer. It operates as a
self-supporting enterprise within UCSF and generates its own revenues to
cover the operating costs of providing patient care.

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