General Pediatrics

The general pediatrics units provide a wide range of basic general pediatrics care, medical and surgical care and consultative specialty care for children of all ages, from infants to adolescents, in a family centered atmosphere. This comprehensive health care for children includes any diagnostic care, physical examinations, laboratory tests and consultation with pediatric sub-specialists needed to accurately diagnose and treat a child during hospitalization.

Children with long-term chronic illnesses, such as asthma and diabetes, as well as children with seasonal illnesses, like the flu or RSV, receive care in one of the two general pediatric units, general pediatrics “Miller West” and general pediatrics “Core.” The multi-disciplinary general pediatrics care team also has significant experience treating children with special health care needs, developmental disabilities, rehabilitation needs, chronic illnesses and those recovering from trauma.

The general pediatrics hospitalist program ensures that there is a general pediatric specialty physician at the hospital 24/7, providing pediatric specialty care, while staying in constant communication with the child’s referring primary care physician or pediatrician during the child’s hospitalization. Specialized general pediatric inpatient (hospitalized) programs in asthma, diabetes and rehabilitation are designed to help manage patient’s chronic illnesses, while integrating patient and family education, research and advocacy into each program.

Miller Children’s Stands Apart

• A leading general pediatrics hospitalist program means trained hospital-based general pediatric physicians provide dedicated 24/7 acute care coverage in the inpatient general pediatrics units, for referring primary care physicians.
• General Pediatrics serves as a premier transitional care “step down” unit, where both the general pediatrics and the pediatric intensive care unit care teams work closely together to ensure a seamless transition from one unit to another as a patient recovers.
• Miller Children’s has an outstanding, comprehensive pediatric rehabilitation program, with members of the rehab care team serving on specialty CCS core teams, as well as consultative care on the general pediatrics units.
• Both general pediatric units have their very own Family Resource Center.