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Sterling Healthcare’s Hospitalist programs provide 24 hour inpatient coverage with Board Certified or Board Prepared Internists specializing in hospital based medicine. Sterling’s hospitalists coordinate the delivery of care to hospitalized patients and work closely with the medical and ancillary staff to enhance efficiency. Sterling Hospitalist programs include the following options:
- Continuum management of all inpatient care
- General internal medicine consults
- Response to hospital inpatient codes
- Response to medical ICU
- Management of patients referred from other attending physicians
- Management of unassigned patients admitted through the Emergency Department
- Coverage of any long-term nursing facility and swing bed units associated with the hospital
- Admission of surgical cases upon request, including pre and peri-operative services
Benefits associated with a Hospitalist program include:
- Reduced length of stay
- Daily updates to primary care physicians
- Reduced cost of care
- Continuity of Care
- Frequent, daily patient contact
- Decreased resources utilization
- Increased specialty and sub specialty referrals
- Constant communication with the primary care provider
- All patients referred back to their primary care provider
A partnership with Sterling Healthcare will provide:
- A Coverage Model that promotes growth and flexibility of the practice, by utilizing a block schedule which ensures the majority of patients will be seen by a single hospitalist during their stay.
- Recruitment and Retention of Board Certified or Board Prepared Internal Medicine physicians
- Board Certified Physician Leadership chosen to manage a cohesive full-time staff, and achieve the objectives the hospital has established for its hospitalist program.
- Effective Billing and Collection Procedures which are hospital and patient centric.
- Competitive Physician Compensation with Aligned Incentives tied to your goals and objectives.
- Onsite Case Management designed to avoid fragmentation, enhance care, and reduce the length of stay.
- The Latest Technology tools in management and administration, including practice management and efficiency reports, templated charting system, continuing education, and a comprehensive reference library available via Sterling’s web portal.
- Quality Improvement Measures through risk management, JCAHO preparation, and continuing medical education.
- Superior A+ rated Professional Medical Liability Insurance
A Risk Free Alternative
As with all of Sterling’s agreements, the lack of post practice restrictive covenants alleviates your risk by providing you the option of retaining all, or some of the physicians provided by Sterling, without cost or penalty at any time, if you are not satisfied with our services.
For more information, contact Business Development at 1-800-476-4587 or Request Information
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