An independent OB/GYN group planned to leave Willow Creek Women’s Hospital in northwest Arkansas, taking over 50 percent of the hospital’s deliveries with them. Hospital leadership knew they needed to make a change or else the hospital was at risk of closing. They enlisted the help of Ob Hospitalist Group to take over the obstetric […]
Do you want to know what it’s really like to be an OBHG partner? Deena Kail shines some light on the seven-year partnership at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Deena is the executive director of West Tennessee Women’s Center and the Ayers Children’s Medical Center and was instrumental in building this flourishing partnership. […]
OBHG is excited to launch its eighth partnership of 2018 at North Central Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, TX. The new program started on April 25 as a Type A obstetrics emergency department. The hospitalist team at North Central Baptist Hospital includes (left to right): Dr. Misty Vandever, Dr. Martha Schmitz, Dr. Jill Terry, Dr. […]
OBHG launched its seventh new partnership of 2018 late last month! The program at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes Barre, PA, features full-time OB triage. We are excited for this new partnership and look forward to elevating the standard of women’s healthcare in the Wilkes Barre community. Front Row from GWV (L to […]
Last year, a woman I was caring for in labor & delivery almost died. She was suffering from an embolism characterized by sudden cardiorespiratory collapse and acute hemorrhage. In the simplest terms, she nearly died from an allergic reaction to amniotic micro-substances in her bloodstream that can cause severe bleeding and an inability to provide […]
