Boston Children's Hospital and Cleveland Clinic have partnered to offer complex pediatric heart services through Cleveland Clinic's national cardiovascular network, which contracts directly with employers.
Under the collaboration, Boston Children's is now part of Cleveland Clinic's network. Boston Children's will help develop best practices for pediatric heart care and help manage patient care, quality outcomes and clinical research.
Both Cleveland Clinic and Boston Children's have been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as top heart care providers for adult and children, respectively.
"Together, our goal to develop and provide consistently high-quality outcomes will drive ongoing improvement and spur innovations for the benefit of patients and families. The collaboration between our organizations offers access to high quality, cost effective care to employers' families who need the most complex heart care," Pedro J. del Nido, MD, chief of cardiac surgery at Boston Children's, said.
The cardiovascular network includes 10 hospitals, but Boston Children's is the first outside pediatric hospital to join, according to the Boston Globe.
"Teamwork in many forms is the next phase of American medicine. We're finding new ways to combine our individual strengths for better patient care and higher value," Hani Najm, MD, chair of pediatric and congenital heart surgery at Cleveland Clinic, said.