Regionalization in Congenital Heart Surgery: Perspective From A Small Center

Authors

Jason Patregnani, Maine Medical Center
Sunil Malhotra, Maine Medical Center
Thomas Miller, Maine Medical Center

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Description

Date of Presentation: October 27th, 2022

Presented by: Jason Patregnani, MD, MBA, Division Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine, Sunil Malhotra, MD, Director, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Maine Medical Center - Thomas Miller, DO, Pediatric Cardiology, The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center

CME available for 1 year after presentation

CME Text Code: 79294

Publication Date

10-27-2022

Publisher

Maine Medical Center

City

Portland

Disciplines

Pediatrics

Comments

Objectives: Understand the need for smaller volume, local congenital heart centers

Review our process for developing QI infrastructure to ensure providing high quality care

Understand surgical comparators and how they influence surgical decision making at the smaller center

Discuss establishing a healthy relationship with a large, regional surgical center

Recommended Citation

Patregnani, Jason; Malhotra, Sunil; and Miller, Thomas, "Regionalization in Congenital Heart Surgery: Perspective From A Small Center" (2022). Pediatrics Grand Rounds. 8.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/pediatrics_gr/8