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John Muir Health and Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford Developing Comprehensive Children鈥檚 Services in the East Bay

For Release: October 09, 2012

STANFORD, Calif. 鈥 John Muir Health and Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford have announced that they are partnering to provide access to comprehensive children鈥檚 specialty services for families in Contra Costa County and surrounding communities.

鈥淲e are partnering with Packard Children鈥檚 in response to requests from families and general pediatricians to enhance and expand the availability of children鈥檚 specialty services in our community so families may access and receive the care they need close to home,鈥 said Jane Willemsen, president and CAO of John Muir Health鈥檚 Walnut Creek medical center. 鈥淭his will build on our already strong foundation of pediatric care and enable us to offer the most comprehensive children鈥檚 services of any health system locally, services that we would not be able to offer on our own.鈥

John Muir Health and Packard Children鈥檚 began a successful partnership in urology and a growing number of surgical and medical services in 2011. The collaboration will now expand to include outpatient, inpatient, neonatal and emergency care, which will enable children with conditions ranging from basic聽 to more complex illnesses to see Packard Children鈥檚 specialists locally through John Muir Health. Many of the patients with complex cases will be treated through the new 16-bed pediatric complex care unit John Muir Health opened in 2011 in Walnut Creek, which includes private rooms. Additionally, the new facility has a 35-bed state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the only Level III-B NICU in Contra Costa County.

鈥淎 partnership of this type provides a tremendous benefit for children and families in the John Muir Health region,鈥 said Christopher G. Dawes, president and CEO at Packard Children鈥檚, the only Bay Area children鈥檚 hospital with care programs ranked in the nation鈥檚 top 10. 鈥淚ncreasing access and convenience to both of our hospitals鈥 world-class care will have a major impact in the communities John Muir Health serves.鈥 鈥淟ucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital at Stanford is a desirable partner due to their clinical excellence and national reputation for providing high-quality care. They are able to recruit and retain sought-after specialists who are in very short supply locally and nationally,鈥 added Willemsen. 鈥淔or families with children needing specialty care, this partnership can offer more convenience by easing travel burdens and time away from school and work.鈥 Added Dawes, 鈥淧ackard Children鈥檚 has long been committed to successful community partnerships with Bay Area health care providers. We have always known that expanding local access to pediatric specialized care is an important way to serve the needs of the region鈥檚 children.鈥

That region includes patients from throughout Northern California, including Modesto, Stockton and Tracy, who already receive high quality care and exceptional service from John Muir Health and will benefit even further through this new collaboration. 鈥淛ohn Muir Health has long provided children鈥檚 services to families in Contra Costa County, and this partnership allows us to significantly expand the services available to the community and benefit our patients for years to come,鈥 said Robert Kadas, M.D., chair of the Pediatrics Department at John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek. 鈥淲e will be able to offer a more complete continuum of care for our young patients ranging from routine to complex medical care. At a time when many health systems are reducing their inpatient and outpatient children鈥檚 services, we will be expanding our services to help meet the needs of children in our community.鈥

Authors

Robert Dicks
650-387-7500
rdicks@stanfordchildrens.org

About John Muir Health

John Muir Health is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care organization located east of San Francisco, serving patients in Contra Costa, eastern Alameda and southern Solano Counties. It includes a network of 925 primary care and specialty physicians, more than 6,000 employees, medical centers in Concord and Walnut Creek, including the county鈥檚 only trauma center, and a Behavioral Health Center. The health system also offers a full-range of medical services, including primary care, outpatient, lab and imaging services, and is widely recognized as a leader in many specialties 鈥 neurosciences, orthopedics, cancer, cardiovascular, trauma, emergency and high-risk obstetrics care. For more information, visit .

About 麻豆果冻传媒 Children's Health

麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, with聽Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford聽at its center, is the Bay Area鈥檚 largest health care system exclusively dedicated to children and expectant mothers. Our network of care includes more than 65聽locations聽across Northern California and more than 85 locations in the U.S. Western region.聽Along with Stanford Health Care and the Stanford School of Medicine, we are part of聽, an ecosystem harnessing the potential of biomedicine through collaborative research, education, and clinical care to improve health outcomes around the world. We are a nonprofit organization committed to supporting the community through meaningful outreach programs and services and providing necessary medical care to families, regardless of their ability to pay. Discover more at聽stanfordchildrens.org.