Christopher A. Cunha

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George Lister

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Douglas J. Barrett

University of Florida

S. Jean Emans

Harvard University

Patricia Whitley-Williams

Johnson University

Karen F. Murray

Seattle Children's Hospital

Mary Fran Hazinski

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Joseph W. St. Geme

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

William T. Gerson

University of Vermont

Gail A. McGuinness

American Academy of Pediatrics

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Boston Children's Hospital

University of California, San Francisco

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Yale University

Yale New Haven Hospital

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Children's Medical Center

Boston University

Norwich University

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Pediatric Hospital Medicine: A Proposed New Subspecialty

PEDIATRICS (2017)

Douglas J. Barrett Gail A. McGuinness Christopher A. Cunha S. Jean Emans William T. Gerson

Over the past 20 years, hospitalists have emerged as a distinct group of pediatric practitioners. In August of 2014, the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) received a petition to consider recommending that pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) be recognized as a distinct new subspecialty. PHM as a formal subspecialty raises important considerations related to: (1) quality, cost, and access to pediatric health care; (2) current pediatric residency training; (3) the evolving body of knowledge in pediatrics; and (4) the impact on both primary care generalists and existing subspecialists. After a comprehensive and iterative review process, the ABP recommended that the American Board of Medical Specialties approve PHM as a new subspecialty. This article describes the broad array of challenges and certain unique opportunities that were considered by the ABP in supporting PHM as a new pediatric subspecialty.

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Pediatric hospital

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10.1542/peds.2016-1823

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