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HMG sponsors a Clinical Fellowship in Hospitalist Medicine

Recognizing the demand and in some instances, the need, for additional training, HMG is proud to announce their endeavor in the start of a HMG sponsored Hospital Medicine Clinical Fellowship. The selected physicians will gain extensive additional experience in relevant clinical practice based on the core competencies of Hospital Medicine, as well as important education that will include risk management, documentation compliance and hospital administration. The inaugural class of fellows is targeted to start in July 2010 at Med Central Hospital in Mansfield, Ohio.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Joins the HMG Family

Dr. Stephen Houff, President and CEO, is pleased to announce the opening of HMG's new practice at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. Our Lady of Lourdes joined the HMG family on November 3, 2008 when our four member team began service. Our Lady of Lourdes is a 263-bed hospital owned and operated by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System. The team is lead by Dr. Keith Ashby, Regional Medical Director and Dr. Chad Heinen, Site Medical Director. Chad is joined in practice by Dr. William Bates, Dr. Eric Fontenot and Dr. Ariadne Gauthier. "We are very excited to have this fine group of physicians join our HMG team and to add our second practice site in Louisiana," said Dr. Houff. "Our team has hit the ground running and has already seen significant census growth which speaks the quality medical care they are providing."

Maryland General Hospital Joins the HMG Family

Dr. Stephen Houff, President and CEO, is pleased to welcome Maryland General Hospital to the HMG family. Maryland General, an affiliate of the University of Maryland Health System is a 220 bed community teaching hospital serving the needs of its urban Baltimore community. The hospital has been honored as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by US News & World Report magazine. HMG's seven member team includes Dr. Ronnie Jacobs, Regional Director, Dr. Shahrzad Hosseini, Assistant Site Director, and staff hospitalists Dr. Shabbir Choudhry, Dr. Mustafa Fidahussein, Dr. Kayode Lawrence, Dr. Kwabena Osie-Boateng and Dr. Kofi Owusu-Antwi. "We are very pleased to have this fine team of physician join us at our first practice site in Maryland," said Dr. Houff. "Our team will be actively involved with the Maryland General teaching program as well as providing exceptional care throughout the hospital."

Potomac Potomac Hospital Joins the HMG Family

Dr. Stephen Houff, President and CEO is pleased to announce the opening of HMG's 27th practice site, Potomac Hospital, an affiliate of the Inova Health System based in Falls Church, Virginia. The practice accepted its first patient on Monday, July 7, 2008 and has seen its census build rapidly. The 183-bed community hospital is located in Woodbridge, Virginia in the suburbs of Washington, DC. The four member HMG team is led by Ronnie Jacobs, MD, HMG Regional Medical Director, and includes Izuchukwu Obi, MD, Susan Sarkaria, MD and Tahir Shaikh, DO. They will be joined shortly by two additional physicians, Anissa Nabi, MD and Erica Walker, MD. "The team has been accepted very well by the medical staff and administration at Potomac Hospital," said Dr. Jacobs. "We have had nothing but positive feedback on the program and the exceptional care we have been providing."

HMG proudly announces new University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) data release...

HMG proudly announces that on December 5^th, 2007 the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), formed in 1984, an alliance of 97 academic medical centers and 153 of their affiliated hospitals representing approximately 90% of the nation's nonprofit academic medical centers, released its hospital mortality rates for the 2^nd quarter of 2007. This information pertains to both the 2^nd quarter and the most recent year of reporting. For the past year, out of all 131 academic hospitals reporting mortality information to the UHC, Ohio State University Hospital East in Columbus, Ohio had the following accomplishments:

7^th lowest mortality rate for internal medicine admissions
2^nd lowest mortality rate for gastroenterology admissions
The lowest mortality rate for cardiology admissions
The lowest mortality rate for all inpatient admissions
The lowest mortality rate for an aggregate of 29 product line admissions including:
- The lowest mortality rate for neurology admissions
- The lowest mortality rate for orthopedic admissions
- The lowest mortality rate for vascular surgery admissions
- The lowest mortality rate for plastic surgery admissions

Congratulations on helping OSUHE achieve these remarkable statistics. Every member of the Hospitalist Medicine Physician Franklin Team is applauded for their contribution in this effectuation. Hospitalists Maanagement Group recognizes the entire healthcare team at OSUHE for this significant accomplishment! To have the best mortality rate of all UHC hospitals is a tribute to the multidisciplinary efforts on the part of all of you. We are so proud!

HMG and NPI are proud sponsors of Procedures Seminar

Hospitalists Management Group, in conjunction with NPI (National Procedures Institute), are the proud sponsors of the HMG Procedures Seminars. Each physician is required to attend one session prior to his/her first year anniversary. At these seminars, which are held quarterly, our physicians have an opportunity to expand their clinical expert knowledge and skills in relation to intubations, central and arterial lines, swanz-ganz, and chest tube insertions. Additionally, the seminars are flexible enough to cover other clinical subject matters as requested.

The cost of the seminar can be deducted from the physician's individual BEA. All related travel and lodging expenses could also be applied to the BEA. The seminars are one-day and physicians will receive 7.5 hours of CME.