Submitted to the Tribune
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Barton Health is expanding its relationship with UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento to offer more specialized care to newborns in the Lake Tahoe region.
The arrangement increases Barton’s ability to care for more at-risk newborns by providing increased access to UC Davis specialists and experts including a neonatologist, and neonatal specialists within the pharmacy, respiratory therapy and nutrition departments. Barton team members will have access to education opportunities through UC Davis Health to ensure training and new skill acquisition.
Dr. Lee Donohue, a neonatologist who specializes in the care of sick newborns, has joined the Barton medical staff to collaborate and provide medical expertise as Barton prepares to apply for an expanded license to include intensive care newborn services.