Three pediatric hospitalists – Dr. Ricardo Quiñonez of San Antonio Children’s Hospital, Dr. Shawn Ralston of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and Dr. Alan Schroeder of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center – talk about the concept of “right care” in hospital medicine, and their participation in the Lown Institute’s Right Care movement.
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