Future Directions
We are excited about the continued development of our young program. We are working on increasing collaboration with our subspecialty and surgical colleagues, as well as using evidence-based methods to implement additional best-practice guidelines. We are about to launch our new computer program for notes, billing, and data collection, with hopes of continuing to document decreases in length of stay and other financial benefits for the hospital. We are enthusiastic about implementing competency-based education and evaluation, and we look forward to interactions with others contributing to the pediatric hospitalist movement.