(SAN ANTONIO, TX – May 7, 2014) — In an effort to bridge gaps in pediatric medicine in San Antonio and offer high-level quality care throughout the city, the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio has solidified agreements with CentroMed to provide convenient, primary care for San Antonio’s smallest patients.
“Our mission in building San Antonio’s first stand-alone children’s hospital is to connect and develop those relationships that make it easy for parents to provide the medical care their children need,” said CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System president and CEO, Pat Carrier. “From primary care, specialist care, urgent care, and hospital care, we are aligning the best minds and hearts in pediatric medicine.”
CentroMed operates (21) primary care clinics in San Antonio with a key focus on underserved populations. As part of the agreement, the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio is providing resources to help CentroMed acquire six new pediatric providers.
“The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio’s mission aligns with ours—that all kids come first—regardless of their ability to pay,” said CentroMed President/CEO Ernesto Gomez. “To give our kids the best, we must work together. The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio’s focus on providing a health care home for kids, along with their open care model where academic, primary care pediatricians and specialists work together, makes the process easy. It escalates the medical care for our kids in a way never done before.”
The announcement comes on the hinges of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations that children should have a medical home where patients have a personal physician who knows them well and coordinates all their care.
“We fully support the AAP. It’s always been our goal to support San Antonio’s pediatricians—they are the link that keeps the care chain working together,” said Carrier.