Hospitalist Medicine
USACS Hospitalist Ryan McQuillen, MD, Earns Consecutive Physician of the Year Awards
US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) provides ample opportunities for any physician or APP to find a position which best suits their needs. For Ryan McQuillen, MD, Assistant Medical Director, the USACS model supplied the opportunity to serve patients at both Mercy Health Springfield Regional Medical Center and Mercy Health Urbana Hospital in Southwestern Ohio. Given […]
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Yoga as Medicine: How Dr. Angela Aboutalib uses the mind-body connection to spur healing
Angela Aboutalib, MD Title: US Acute Care Solutions National Director of Quality & Education IAC Favorite yoga pose: Pigeon (“It makes me feel free, and it releases the stress in my hips, where I carry stress!”) Yoga instructor: Chicago School of Yoga, wellness retreats, private coaching Loves: Being able to change people’s lifestyles, helping them […]
Read ArticleTaking Provider-in-Triage Efficiencies to the Next Level with Collaborative Focus on Appropriate Timely Discharges and Admissions
Many emergency departments do not focus resources on lobby triage. This is due, in part, to a misconception that the most influential patient entry point is ED traffic from EMS. This perspective results in strong team members and efficiency and quality strategies being allocated outside of lobby triage. In this post, former VEP Healthcare Chief […]
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For a Hospitalist Career, Call Me When You’re Ready to be Happy
There’s a particular conversation I’ve had with fellow hospitalist colleagues. I’ve had it so many times it’s almost like a tape recorder. Here’s how it goes: Them: Angie, I’m done. I’ve had it. I want to quit Me: Oh? Them: Yea. I’m going to look for another job. Me: Ok , I understand and I […]
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Integrated Acute Care: The Impact of a Patient Centered Admission Team
When patient care is a priority, there is a natural integration of more and more elements of the patient’s hospital experience, from their entry process through their stay and finally their discharge. Not only is integrating care delivery service more efficient at delivering care – it’s more effective. An integrated care delivery model starts with […]
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Shifting Perspectives: My Path Toward Achieving Physician Alignment
In healthcare, every physician, every group, every hospital, and every health system claims to be patient centric. Some succeed more than others. I’ve been practicing long enough to understand that as physicians working in different practice settings, the lens through which we view patient care and the organization around us inevitably changes. Different models of […]
Read ArticleYoung Adult With Blurred Vision, Weakness
Dr. Jordan Kramer, former VEP Healthcare Chief Medical Officer, saw an interesting patient in the ED recently and prepared the following case summary. A 21-year-old college student with no past medical history came to the ED recently with a chief complaint of blurred vision for two days and weakness for one day. The patient complained […]
Read ArticleA Better Way to Manage Acute Care
A few weeks ago, we received a letter from a patient who had recently been treated at one of our integrated acute care locations at Somerset Hospital. The patient had come to the emergency department and was ultimately admitted to the hospital. The letter detailed how grateful he was that the same physician assistant who […]
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