In a special report for Pediatric Health, Le Bonheur investigators study how a high-volume, multidisciplinary outpatient fracture clinic can use midlevel providers – like nurse practitioners and physical therapists – to deliver high-quality fracture care in an efficient and cost effective manner.
The article addresses that while the number of pediatric fractures are increasing, the number of pediatric orthopedic surgeons available to care for patients is decreasing. Furthermore, an increasing number of uninsured and underinsured pediatric patients have overwhelmed emergency departments – requiring caregivers to find better ways to deliver care to large numbers of patients.
The article is authored by Le Bonheur orthopedic surgeons William Warner, MD, and Jeff Sawyer, MD, along with orthopedic nurse practitioners Leslie Rhodes and Ambre Huff.
Posted: Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 CDT 2009
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