Providence Tarzana Beefs Up Valley's Pediatric Care with 24-Hour Children's Hospital Staffing

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles specialists today began 24-hour staffing of Providence Tarzana Medical Center’s Pediatrics Department inpatient unit, as well as its pediatric and neonatal intensive care units known as the PICU and NICU.

“Our new partnership is an important step forward that will bring a new level of quality care for our patients and their families,” said Dale Surowitz, Providence Tarzana’s chief executive. “This is a breakthrough in healthcare for the San Fernando Valley and adjacent communities, providing infants and children in-house specialist care round-the-clock.”

He said there is no children’s hospital in the vast area served by Providence Tarzana pediatrics -- a region of nearly 3 million people that includes the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Conejo valleys and Simi Valley.

Under the terms of an agreement finalized in April, CHLA Medical Group will assume medical leadership of Providence Tarzana Medical Center’s three pediatric units, resulting in 24/7 hospital staffing with additional hospitalists, intensivists and neonatologists.

The partnership began in 2013 and until now had focused on hospital staff training and education.

City News Service