Hospitalist Program
The Hospitalist Program is a division of Cooperative Health Services, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of OMHS.
Extra Personalized Care For Hospital Patients
What is a hospitalist?
Our hospitalists offer personal attention for patients without a regular doctor or whose primary physician is unable to visit the hospital. Hospitalists are physicians--usually internal medicine specialists--and nurse practitioners who practice solely in the hospital.
What patients will be seen by the hospitalist staff?
- Admitted patients who do not have a primary care physician
- Patients who have been referred to the program by their regular physician
Your personal physician may arrange for you to receive care from a hospitalist. Admitted patients without a regular doctor will automatically be assigned to the hospitalist staff.
What are the benefits of a hospitalist program?
- Expertise in hospital care
- Can help coordinate care for patients with multiple providers
- Timely communication with families
- Helps alleviate physician shortages by caring for patients without their own doctors
"Hospitalists spend the day here. They could see you in the morning, review a lab that afternoon, and discharge you in the evening."--Gary Wilson, M.D., Medical Director
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 Gary Wilson, M.D.
Medical Director
Hospitalist Program |
The Story of the Hospitalist Program
In charting a course for the new, OMHS-based hospitalist program, the project team knew finding the right people would be the key to success. For Gary Wilson, M.D., the program’s medical director, that meant recruiting medical professionals who are well-trained, energetic and committed to a team concept.
“We were looking for quality people,” Wilson says. “The staff we have meets all of our criteria.”
The OMHS Hospitalist Program now includes seven full-time physicians--Fuad Ahmad, Leonel Guido, John Huff, Nagarathna Manjappa, Bhaskar Rao, Scot Rolly, Adrian Yeiser-- and three nurse practitioners--Donna Sublett, Susan Daniel, and Kim Marshall.
Previously, OMHS had contracted with Cogent Healthcare to provide hospitalist services, but now operates its own high-quality program.
Hospital care began to emerge as a specialty in the late 1980s as primary care physicians became increasingly strapped for time to make hospital rounds. While many physicians still make their own hospital visits successfully, others are finding a hospitalist program to be a welcome resource.
“It’s a very important program, strategically significant to our organization,” Wilson says.
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