Mercy Hospital St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Saint Francis Medical Center have paired to offer specialty pediatric gastroenterology services to patients in the Cape Girardeau area, according to the Southeast Missourian.
As part of the collaboration, Jose Derdoy, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Mercy Hospital St. Louis, will see patients the first Monday of each month at Saint Francis Medical Center.
Liz Glastetter, RN, BSN, director of maternal and child health services at Saint Francis Medical Center, said officials are also considering the possibility of collaborating in other fields, such as neurology, genetics and psychiatry, according to the article.
"Our primary guiding principle is that all care should be delivered as close to the child's home as possible, so we try to do a lot of outreach," said Joe Kahn, MD, president of Mercy Kids, a network of pediatricians dedicated to providing children with quality care. "This is a collaboration around the care of children."