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Clinical Partnership Program

For medical professionals seeking to strengthen pediatric services, Valley Children’s Clinical Partnership Program provides access to pediatric subspecialists, evidence-based clinical pathways, NICU collaboration and targeted education. Together, we help community hospitals elevate care, improve outcomes and keep children closer to home.


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Contact Our Clinical Partnership Team

559-353-8884

Clinical Collaboration, NICU Support and Pediatric Education

Valley Children’s Healthcare partners with community hospitals across Central California to strengthen pediatric and neonatal care. As one of the region’s leading pediatric specialty centers, we provide structured pediatric hospital partnership programs and education that enhance local care delivery while keeping children closer to home.

Through our Clinical Partnership Program, we provide education that enhances local care delivery, access to pediatric subspecialists, evidence-based clinical pathways, NICU collaboration and pediatric clinical education designed to improve outcomes and support frontline teams to keep kids closer to home. 
 

A Closer Look at the Partnership Elements and Benefits

  • Telephone consultation
  • Telemedicine services
  • Regional pediatric hospitalist connections
  • Subspecialty collaboration
  • Pediatric and neonatal policies and protocols
  • Standardized clinical pathways
  • Multidisciplinary expertise (respiratory therapy, pharmacy, nutrition, lab, child life and more)
  • Joint review of pediatric quality data
  • Outcome measurement and benchmarking
  • Patient safety assessments
  • Case and transfer reviews

Education is a cornerstone of our pediatric hospital partnership model. We provide customized clinical education programs aligned to your hospital’s goals. Offerings include:

  • CME-accredited physician education
  • CE nursing education
  • Skills fairs and competency validation
  • Mock codes and pediatric emergency drills
  • Simulation-based training
  • Morbidity and mortality conferences
  • Clinical shadowing opportunities

Education is delivered onsite, virtually or at Valley Children’s main campus.

Learn more about upcoming educational opportunities

A Regional Pediatric Partnership Model

Since 1952, Valley Children’s has focused exclusively on pediatric healthcare. Our Clinical Partnership Program builds long-term collaboration between children’s hospital specialists and community providers throughout California’s Central Valley.

The result: stronger local pediatric services, improved neonatal outcomes and expanded access to specialty expertise — without requiring families to travel far from home.

Explore a Pediatric Hospital Partnership

If your hospital is seeking clinical collaboration, pediatric hospital support or expanded clinical education, we welcome the opportunity to connect. 

Contact our Clinical Partnership Team at 559-353-8884