Collaboration Brings Pediatric Hospitalists to ... - Magazooms

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The demand for pediatric hospitalists exceeds supply, but thanks to an innovative program involving Children’s Hospital
and AnMed Health System, pediatric hospitalists from Greenville Hospital System provide 24/7 coverage for the Anderson
community.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Serve Anderson Area
Since the collaborative program’s launch in July 2008, it has evolved to include round-the-clock coverage
of the pediatric unit and a pediatric urgent care facility.
Most days, Jaxson Wages leads the life of a typical
3-year-old, running, playing, talking a mile a
minute and generally bouncing off the walls of his
family’s Anderson home. But on days when Jaxson
gets sick, everything changes.
Jaxson was diagnosed at 10 days old with the
metabolic disorder glutaric aciduria, so every
incident that puts added stress on his small body
has the potential to become a metabolic crisis. For
Jaxson’s mother, that means a trip to the hospital
for almost every ear infection and high fever.
“He’s been in a total of 10 times now,” said Jenna
Wages. “There has been twice, maybe, that he’s
been sick and hasn’t been admitted.”
Dr. Howard and
the GHS-trained
pediatric hospitalist
team at AnMed
Health are able to
provide inpatient
care for children
such as 3-year-old
Jaxson Wages,
allowing their
families to access
high-quality
pediatric care
in their own
community.
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